The History of Buddhist Thought c28.s5.11

c28.s5.11

(2) *Prajñāpāramitā*.—There are five large recensions in 100,000, 25,000, 18,000, 10,000, and 8,000 verses respectively. They are in prose, and their length is reckoned according to the corresponding number of verses of thirty-two syllables. The shorter ones are said to be abridgments, but they are really independent treatments of the same subject matter. That in 8,000 verses, *Aṣṭasāhasrika*, has been discussed above (p. 215). Then follow eighteen small works down to the *Ekākṣarī*, which is the Perfection of wisdom in the one letter A. The best known of these is the *Vajracchedikā* (p. 214).