འཕགས་པ་ལྕགས་ཀྱ་མཆ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.13
The Dhāraṇī of the Iron Beak [2]; The Dhāraṇī of the Iron Beak [2] intro.13
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Like much of dhāraṇī literature, this work’s importance lies not in its study but in its ritual performance. As such, the majority of the references to five beak dhāraṇīs we find in later Tibetan literature are not as scriptural citations but rather as a part of larger liturgies, alongside ritual elements such as nāga oblations (klu gtor), or as prescribed by astrological divinations.