[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) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Sūtras of the Great Collection](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata) › [Ākāśagarbhasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo) › [The Akashagarbha Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000) › intro.46 # འཕགས་པ་ནམ་མཁའ་སྙང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.46 The Ākāśagarbha Sūtra intro.46 - **Language:** English ### [intro.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.46) Finally, another recurring theme throughout this sūtra is the use of dhāraṇīs. This term has at least two distinct meanings in this text alone: on the one hand, a mystical formula to be repeated with the aim of fulfilling certain worldly and spiritual wishes, whether for oneself or others, and, on the other, a state of unfailing memory that bodhisattvas attain on the higher levels of realization. But the mention of dhāraṇīs does not imply an influence of tantric Buddhism on this text. Dhāraṇīs are used frequently in early Mahāyāna scriptures predating the emergence of tantra in Buddhism.²² - [Previous: intro.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.45) - [Next: intro.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.47) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.46) · Pramāṇa