Incantations

གཟུངས། · gzungs/

Dhāraṇī

Short sūtra or tantra texts used mainly for ritual purposes, mostly structured around an incantation in Sanskrit, its uses and the story of its origin (Toh 846-1108).

Texts: 265	Published: 19	In Progress: 23	Not Begun: 223

Sub-sections

Compendium of Incantations

གཟུངས་འདུས།

gzungs 'dus/

Dhāraṇī

The actual collection of 250 dhāraṇī texts (Toh 846-1093).

Texts	250
Published	18
In Progress	21
Not begun	211

Aspiration

བསྔོ་སྨོན།

bsngo smon/

Praṇidhāna

Canonical aspiration and dedication prayers to conclude the Compendium of Incantations (Toh 1094-1108).

Texts	15
Published	1
In Progress	2
Not begun	12

This broad section of Incantations, which corresponds to the gzungs ’dus division of the Degé Kangyur, contains two subdivisions: the Compendium of Incantations, a collection of 249 dhāraṇī incantations themselves (Toh 846-1093), and a small group of 15 texts (Toh 1094-1108) included at the end of the section as a whole by way of dedication and aspiration prayers.

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