གསང་སྔགས་ཆན་པ་རྗས་ས་འཛན་པའ་མད intro.16
Great Upholder of the Secret Mantra intro.16
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The name of the rakṣā goddess that appears in the Tibetan translation of the Mahāsāhasrapramardanī is gsang sngags rjes su brang ba chen mo, which would most likely render Mahāmantrānusārinī, and suggest an English translation of “Great Upholder/Follower of the Secret Mantra.” This Tibetan translation was edited in the fifteenth century by Gö Lotsawa Zhonnu Pal (’gos lotsAwa gzhon nu dpal) based on a Sanskrit manuscript in the possession of Chak Lotsawa Chöjé Pal (chag lotsAwa chos rje dpal), who was active in the thirteenth century. Thus, this title may very well represent a later stage or different recension of the Sanskrit text and might not provide additional clues into the source text used by the Tibetan imperial period translation team.