The Mārīcīdhāraṇī is revealed by the Buddha to an assembly of monks in Śrāvastī. It expounds the dhāraṇī of the goddess Mārīcī, including an enumeration of dangers from which protection is provided. (Hidas, Gergely. "Dhāraṇī Sūtras." In: J. Silk, O. von Hinüber, V. Eltschinger (eds.) Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Vol. I. Literature and Languages. Brill: Leiden, 2015: 132).
| Reference | Mārīcīdhāraṇī [आर्यमारीचीनामधारणी]. 'phags ma 'od zer can zhes bya ba'i gzungs [འཕགས་མ་འོད་ཟེར་ཅན་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས།]. [The Incantation of Mārīcī (84000)]. Translated by Amoghavajra, Bari Lotsāwa, T'ien Hsi-tsai. Kangyur, RKTSK 559 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=559&typ=1. |
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| People | Amoghavajra, Bari Lotsāwa, Tiān Xīzāi |