Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (8,000 verses)

DESCRIPTION

The Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra is the 8,000 line version of the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra.

TRANSLATIONS

CHINESE

LOKAKṢEMA 支婁迦讖. 道行般若經, 179 CE Taishō no. 224.

ZHĪ Qīan (支謙). 大明度經, translated by some time between 223-229 CE, Taishō no. 225.

ZHÚ Făhù 竺法護. 般若鈔經, 386 CE (partial translation), Taishō no. 226.

KUMĀRAJĪVA 小品般若波羅蜜經, 408 CE, Taishō no. 227.

XÜÁNZÀNG 大般若波羅蜜多經, Assembly 4 and 5, translated by in 660 CE, Taishō no. 220(4)

佛母出生三法藏般若波羅蜜多經 translated by DĀNAPĀLA in 1004 CE, Taishō no. 228

TIBETAN

There exists a Tibetan translation by YE-ŚES-SDE, the Śes-rab-kyi pha-rol-tu phyin-pa brgyad stoṅ-pa, from the 9th century CE.

SANSKRIT

The commonly used Sanskrit source, the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā, is a late recension from Nepal (see CONZE 1978: 46ff), which can be found in several modern editions.

Incomplete fragments of a very ancient version in Gāndhārī have recently been discovered and are presently under examination.

ENGLISH

From Chinese

Small Section Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra 小品般若波羅蜜經 (Osborn translation)

From Sanskrit

Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Conze translation)

Lex Hixon, Mother of the Buddhas: Meditation on the Prajnaparamita Sutra (Wheaton: Quest Books, 1993)