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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">dhāraṇīs</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>mantras</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>chants</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>incantations</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>dharani</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dharanis</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dhāraṇī</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ In Buddhism and Hinduism, incantations of sacred Sanskrit or pseudo-Sanskrit syllables or phrases that are used as protective devices and to support concentration; they reference short summaries of the essential doctrine contained in a much longer sacred text. ]]></note></mads>