[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Protective spells and dhāraṇī-sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani) › [Ṣaṇmukhī dhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani) › [འཕགས་པ་སྒོ་དྲུག་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916) › [The Dharani of the Six Gates](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000) › notes.6 # འཕགས་པ་སྒ་དྲག་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས notes.6 The Dhāraṇī of the Six Gates notes.6 - **Language:** English ### [notes.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.notes.6) 6. In the Skt. edition we find oṁ namo buddhāya (“oṁ homage to the Buddha”), while S, PT, NT, and HT read sangs rgyas dang byang chub sems dpa’ thams cad la phyag ’tshal lo (“Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas”). According to the instructions regarding Tripiṭaka translations decreed to the translators by the king Tri Ralpachen, a translators’ homage made to Mañjuśrī was supposed to be a mark of Abhidharma texts, while homage to the Buddha and homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas were deemed appropriate for Vinaya and Sūtra texts, respectively. - [Previous: notes.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.notes.5) - [Next: notes.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.notes.7) - [Up: notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.notes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.notes.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.notes.6) · Pramāṇa