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Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Xuanzang translation)

DESCRIPTION

The Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra 摩訶般若波羅蜜多經 is an encyclopedic collection of Prajñāpāramitā texts, usually attributed to Nāgārjuna’s ‘discovery’ of Mahayana sutras from the Nāga King, Muchalinda. It was translated into Chinese by Xuanzang and his assistants in 660 AD, totaling six hundred scrolls (three entire Taishō volumes!), and it is one of the most complete collections of Prajñāpāramitā sutras available in any language.

This collection consists of sixteen assemblies, each presenting a different version of the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra [Conze, Prajñāpāramitā Literature numbers]:

  1. [1.] Śatasāhasrika Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (100,000 Lines) / Scroll 1-400
  2. [2.] Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (25,000 Lines) / Scroll 401-478
  3. [3.] Aṣṭadaśasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (18,000 Lines) / Scroll 479-537
  4. [5.] Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (8,000 Lines, ‘old version’) / Scroll 538-555
  5. [5.] Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (8,000 Lines, ‘new version’) / Scroll 556-565
  6. [12a.] Devarāja Pravara Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra / Scroll 566-573
  7. [7.] Saptaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (700 Lines) / Scroll 574-575
  8. [12.] Nāgaśrīparipṛcchā Sūtra (Questions of Nāgaśrī) / Scroll 576
  9. [8.] Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Vajra Cutter Sutra) / Scroll 577
  10. [17.] Prajñāpāramitā Nayaśatapañcāśatikā (150 Lines) / Scroll 578
  11. [14.] Dānapāramitā Sūtra / Scroll 579-583
  12. [14.] Śīlapāramitā Sūtra / Scroll 584-588
  13. [14.] Kṣāntipāramitā Sūtra / Scroll 589
  14. [14.] Vīryapāramitā Sūtra / Scroll 590
  15. [14.] Dhyānapāramitā Sūtra / Scroll 591-592
  16. [6.] SuvikrāntavikrāmiparipṛcchāSūtra (Questions of Suvikrāntavikrāmi) / Scroll 593-600

ON-GOING TRANSLATIONS

📜First Assembly (Roll 1-400) - Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra in 100,000 Lines大般若波羅蜜多經初分 📜Second Assembly (Roll 401-478) - Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra in 25,000 Lines 大般若經第二會📜Third Assembly (Roll 479-537) - MahāprajñāpāramitāSūtra in 18,000 Lines 大般若經第三會📜Fifth Assembly (Roll 556 -565) - Aṣṭasāhasrikā 8,000 lines (2)大般若經第五會📜Sixth Assembly (Roll 566-573) - Devaraja Pravara大般若經第六會📜Eleventh Assembly (Roll 579-583) - Dānapāramitā 大般若經第十一會施波羅蜜多分📜Twelfth Assembly (Roll 584-588) - Pure Śīlapāramitā 大般若經第十二會淨戒波羅蜜多分📜Fifteenth Assembly (Roll 591-592) - Dhyānapāramitā 大般若經第十五會靜慮波羅蜜多分 📜Sixteenth Assembly (Roll 593-600) - Prājñāpāramitā 第十六會 般若波羅蜜多分