Śatasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā

Śatasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā. (T. Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa stong phrag brgya pa; C. Shiwansong bore; J. Jūmanju hannya; K. Simmansong panya 十萬頌般若). In English, the “Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines.”

This text is the largest of the Prajnaparamita sutras. In Tibetan it is referred to simply as 'The Hundred Thousand' (འབུམ་, bum, Wyl. 'bum).

In the Tibetan tradition, this text is one of the so-called 'six mother scriptures' of the Prajnaparamita.

Commentaries

Indian

• Kashmiri Dharmashri (?), Explanation of the Hundred Thousand

Translations

Translation in progress:

• Prefection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Lines (first section might be available in 2024)

Further Reading

• Edward Conze, The Prajñāpāramitā Literature (1960)