Prajnaparamita
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Prajñāpāramitā means "the Perfection of Wisdom" or "Transcendental Knowledge" in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Prajñāpāramitā refers to a perfected way of seeing the nature of reality, as well as to a particular
A Tibetan painting with a Prajñāpāramitā sūtra at the center of the mandala
Prajñāpāramitā Devi, a personification of Transcendent Wisdom, Folio from a Tibetan 100,000 line Prajñāpāramitā manuscript
Tibetan Painting of Mañjuśrī bodhisattva with the sword of wisdom and a sūtra manuscript, which are common symbols of Prajñāpāramitā in Buddhist art
Prajñāpāramitā illustrated manuscript cover, circa 15th century
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
Prajnaparamita
…thought to be among the earliest Mahāyāna sūtras. Western scholars have traditionally considered the earliest sūtra in the Prajñāpāramitā class to be the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra or "Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines", which was probably put in writing in the 1st century BCE. This chronology is based on the views of Edward…
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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