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This is a dhāraṇī dedicated to Bhīma, second of the five Pāṇḍava brothers, who vowed to kill Duḥśāsana, a key antagonist in the Mahābhārata. "Bhīmasena is worshipped in Nepal as a form of Bhairava. Referred to as ‘Bhīmsen’, he is especially popular among the Newar business/trading community, which worships his images on small altars in shops as the God of commerce and prosperity. The Mahā-bhīmasena-dhāraṇī describes the simple iconographic form commonly seen in roadside shrines in Nepal, on tympana of temples or on or to the side of doors, when Bhīmasena serves as guardian or doorkeeper of Śiva temples." (Proantic) Matsunami notes that this mss. is filled with scribal errors.
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