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Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sutra

eap_79002018 · Supra Vajracarya collection

Sanskrit Nepālākṣara Script Prajñāpāramitā
Repository Supra Vajracarya collection
Reference No. eap_79002018
Language Sanskrit
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About this Manuscript

This is a Buddhist Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā text. The "Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines" (Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā) is one of the earliest Mahāyāna scriptures. This foundational sūtra of Mahāyāna Buddhism developed gradually over a period of about two hundred years, from the first century B.C.E. to the first century C.E. (some of its earliest recensions were translated into Chinese during the Han dynasty, 206 BC – 220 CE).It has 31 chapter and all chapter has a name and chapters name in Parivartto including; 1) f.19b Sarvākaṁrkṣatācaryāparivartto, 2) f.23b Śakraparivartto, 3) f.46a Stupasatkāraparivartto, 4) Dhāraṇaguṇaparikīrttanaparivartto, 5) f.66b Puṇyaparyāyaparivartto, 6) f.84a a Anumodanāpariṇāmanāparivartto, 7) f.91 Nirayaparivartto, 8) f.97a Viśuddhiparivartto, 9) 100b Stutiparivartto , 10) f.122a Parikīrttanaparivartto, 11) f.122a Mārakarmaparivartto 12) f.134b Lokasaṁdarśanaparivartto, 13) f.137b Acintyaparivartto, 14) f.142a Aupamyaparivartto, 15) f.148a Devaparivartto, 16) f.155b Tathatāparivartto, 17) f.164b Vinivarttamākāraliṁganimittaparivartto, 18) f.177a Gaṁgadevābhaginiparivartto, 20) f.184b Upāyakocolpaparivartto, 21) f.191 Karmaparivartto, 22) f.197a Kalyāṇamitraparivartto, 23) f.199a Śakraparivartto, 24) f.203a Vimānāmaparivartto, 25) f.207a Śikṣāparivartto, 26) f.212a Māyoyaparivartto, 27) f.218a Mānaparivartto, 28) f.227a Avakīrṇakusumaparivartto, 29) f.229b Anugamaparivartto, 30) f.229b Sadāpraruditaparivartto, 31) f.251a Dharmokṣataparivartto. At the end of the Manuscript two name Śrīvajrarāja Vajrācarya and his son Herākāja Vajrācarya had written but there is not mention as scriber or donar .

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Title Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sutra
Repository Supra Vajracarya collection
Reference Number eap_79002018
Collection Supra Vajracarya collection
Language Sanskrit
Script Nepālākṣara
Subject Classification Prajñāpāramitā
Date Date not listed
Place of Origin Nepal
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Prajñāpāramitā