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The [[sūtra]] known as '''The Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī''' (Skt. ''Śrī­mahā­devī­vyākaraṇa'', Tib. ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ་,''lhamo chenmo pal lungten pa'', [[Wyl.]] ''lha mo chen mo dpal lung bstan pa'') is found in the General Sūtra (''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] (Toh. 193/739).
The [[sutra]] known as '''''The Prophecy of Shri Mahadevi''''' (Skt. ''Śrī­mahā­devī­vyākaraṇa''; Tib. ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ་, ''lhamo chenmo pal lungten pa'', [[Wyl.]] ''lha mo chen mo dpal lung bstan pa'') recounts events that took place in the realm of [[Sukhavati]], and begins with [[Buddha]] recounting to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Avalokiteshvara]] the accomplishments of [[Shri Mahadevi]], along with a prophecy in which her future enlightenment was foretold by all the buddhas she venerated, and her many names and benefits of reciting them.


This [[sūtra]] recounts events that took place in the realm of [[Sukhāvatī]], and begins with [[Buddha]] recounting to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Avalokiteśvara]] recounting the accomplishments of [[Śrī Mahādevī]], along with a prophecy in which her future enlightenment was foretold by all the buddhas she venerated, and her many names and benefits of reciting them.
==Text==
Versions of this sutra in Sanskrit and Chinese are still extant today.<br/>
Most [[Kangyur]]s include two copies of the Tibetan translation of this text, one ([[Toh]] 193) in the ''[[General Sutra]]'' section and one (Toh 739) among the collected [[tantra]]s (''rgyud ’bum''), classified under [[Kriya Tantra]].
*English Translation: {{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-061-013.html|The Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī}}


==English Translation==
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 7 October 2021

The sutra known as The Prophecy of Shri Mahadevi (Skt. Śrī­mahā­devī­vyākaraṇa; Tib. ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ་, lhamo chenmo pal lungten pa, Wyl. lha mo chen mo dpal lung bstan pa) recounts events that took place in the realm of Sukhavati, and begins with Buddha recounting to the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara the accomplishments of Shri Mahadevi, along with a prophecy in which her future enlightenment was foretold by all the buddhas she venerated, and her many names and benefits of reciting them.

Text

Versions of this sutra in Sanskrit and Chinese are still extant today.
Most Kangyurs include two copies of the Tibetan translation of this text, one (Toh 193) in the General Sutra section and one (Toh 739) among the collected tantras (rgyud ’bum), classified under Kriya Tantra.

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