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==Internal Links==
==Internal Links==
*[[Five classes of great dharanis]]
*[[Five great dharanis]]


[[Category:Mantras]]
[[Category:Mantras]]
[[Category:Sanskrit Terms]]
[[Category:Sanskrit Terms]]

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Dharani (Skt. dhāraṇī; Tib. གཟུངས་, zung; Wyl. gzungs) — long mantras, which are placed inside sacred statues and stupas.

Further Reading

In Tibetan

In English

  • Janet Gyatso, 'Letter Magic: A Peircean Perspective on the Semiotics of Rdo Grub-chen's Dhāraṇī Memory' in J. Gyatso, In the Mirror of Memory: Reflections on Mindfulness and Remembrance in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, SUNY, 1992
  • Yael Bentor, 'On the Indian Origins of the Tibetan Practice of Depositing Relics and Dhāraṇīs in Stūpas and Images', Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 115, No. 2, pp. 248-261

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