བཅམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤས་རབ་ཀྱ་ཕ་རལ་ཏ་ཕྱན་པའ་སྙང་པ notes.5

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5. This mantra was most likely extracted from the Chinese translation of the Dhāraṇī­samuccaya (Taishō 901), which was translated into Chinese in 654 ce. This possibility was already mentioned by Nattier, but without providing any details (1992, p. 177). The Dhāraṇī­samuccaya does indeed contain the mantra that is included in The Heart Sūtra and the passage in question reads: “16. The Great Heart Dhāraṇī of Prajñāpāramitā The incantation goes: Duozhita (1). Jiedi jiedi (2). Boluo jiedi (3). Boluoseng jiedi (4). Puti (5). Shahe (6). For this great heart incantation, use the Great Heart Seal. It can be used comprehensively with all the various altars [i.e., for all different ritual applications]. The Lesser Heart Dhāraṇī of Prajñāpāramitā goes: Duozhita (1). Jiedi jiedi (2). Boluomin jiedi (3). Boluoreta (4). Shahe (5). Use the Lesser Heart Seal for all applications.” The Chinese reads: 《陀羅尼集經》卷〈佛說跋折囉功能法相品〉般若大心陀羅尼第十六 呪曰。 跢姪他(一)揭帝揭帝(二)波羅揭帝(三)波囉僧揭 帝(四)菩提(五)莎訶(六) 是大心呪。用大心印。作諸壇處一切通用。 般若小心陀羅尼呪曰。 跢姪他(一)揭帝揭帝(二)波囉民(彌忍反)揭帝(三)波 囉若(若冶反)他(四)莎訶(五) 用小心印通一切用。 (CBETA, T18, no. 901, p. 807, b19–26. The incantation itself is found at 18: 807b20–21.) Interestingly, Taishō 901 includes tadyathā (duozhita) at the beginning of the incantation, as do the Sanskrit and Tibetan versions, whereas this is not found in the Chinese versions of The Heart Sūtra. There are a few additional incantations in this section of Taishō 901 that are also labeled “heart dhāraṇī” or “lesser heart dhāraṇī.” We are grateful to Josh Capitanio for locating this passage in Taishō 901 and for providing the above translation.