A ritual invocation of Mañjuśrī, used at the beginning of monastic debate sessions. Literally “Dhīḥ [the seed syllable of Mañjuśrī]; in just the way the subject.” The cryptic phrase is interpreted in several ways: “Dhīḥ; in just the way [Mañjuśrī] investigated the subject,” or “Dhīḥ; in just the way the subject [is investigated],” or even “This is the way the subject is” (the latter playing on the homophony between Dhīḥ and 'di (“this”).

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