གཟུངས

JH-ENG, JH-SKT, YOGA

dhAraNI

JH-ENG

*; magical formulae

JH-SKT

{C,L,MSA}*; {MSA}dhAraNA

OT

[2506] chos kyi tshig don mi brjed par 'dzin pa'i don te/ ngo bo dran pa dang shes rab khyad par can gyis byed las dge ba'i chos rnams 'dzin cing mi dge ba'i chos rnams sel ba'i mthu dang ldan pa'o/ ...

DM

Discussion of its meaning as 'power of retention.' Pabongka, Liberation II 293. sngar thos pa'i chos don mi brjed par 'dzin pa. Btsan-lha. gzungs zhes bya ba ni tshig dang yi ge ji srid du brjod pa'i don gzhan du mi 'gyur bar nges pa'am / ji skad du brjod pa de nam du yang de dang mi 'bral bar gzung ba lta bu la bya zhes lo tsA ba dpal brtsegs kyis gsungs la / gzungs kyi ngo bo ni / dran pa dang shes rab khyad par can gyis byed las dge ba'i chos rnams 'dzin cing mi dge ba'i chos rnams sel ba'i mthu dang ldan pa'o. Gser Sbram 299. ngan 'gror ltung ba las 'dzin pa'am / yang na chos kyi tshig don mi brjed par 'dzin pas na gzungs so zhes bstan dar lha rams pas rdo rje rnam 'joms kyi gzungs kyi 'grel par gsungs. Gser Sbram 359. Almogi, MA thesis 83 n. 241.

JV

dharani, health, spiritual sustenance, that which seizes or holds, spell, mystic charm, recollections, recollection, long sacred verbal formula, instrument, restraining instrument

IW

dharani not forgetting the meaning of dharma words, by special memory and prajna action of grasping virtuous dharmas and clearing away unvirtuous ones, retention, mantra, mystic formulas, memory, memorization, that which holds, recall, a hold, power, strength, memory, retentive mantras

RB

གཟུངས་སྔགས dharani mantra/ formula; isc. (power of) (complete) recall

RY

Sacred Incantation, Skt. dharani. A particular type of mantra, usually quite long. retention, mantra, mystic formulas, memory, memorization, dharani 'that which holds'. dharani [mantra], recall, a hold, power, strength, memory, retentive mantras. a magic spell