The Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra in the category of Prajñāpāramitā sūtra literature. The sūtra's manuscript witnesses date to at least the second half of the first c
Bodhisattva Maitreya, Folio from a manuscript of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā commissioned by the Queen Vihunadevi of the Pala Empire and illuminated by Mahavihara Master, with "finest extant series of 12th-century paintings known". Bengal, early 12th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Painted covers and single folio from the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā manuscript from Nepal, dated 1511. Royal Library, Denmark
Wooden cover and two leaves from the manuscript of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā made in Bengal c. 985. Cambridge University Library
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Nāgārjuna was an Indian scholar-monk, philosopher, and teacher of Mahayana Buddhism from south India. He is considered the founder of the Madhyamaka school.
Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
…sūtra literature. In terms of its influence in the development of Buddhist philosophical thought, P.L. Vaidya writes that "all Buddhist writers from Nāgārjuna, Āryadeva, Maitreyanātha, Asaṅga, Vasubandhu, Dignāga, down to Haribhadra concentrated their energies in interpreting Aṣṭasāhasrikā only," making it…
Painting of Nāgārjuna (18th century)
A model of the Amaravati Stupa
A Tibetan depiction of Nagarjuna; the snakes are depicted as protectors around Nagarjuna's head and the nagas rising out of the water are offering Buddhist sutras.
Nicholas Roerich "Nagarjuna Conqueror of the Serpent" (1925)