Daśasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā

Daśasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā. (T. ’phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa khri pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo). In Sanskrit, “Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom in Ten Thousand Lines.”

This text is extant only in Tibetan translation.

The Padmakara Translation Group states:

The Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom in Ten Thousand Lines [...] uniquely has no extant Sanskrit manuscripts or Chinese translations‍—the Tibetan version alone is extant‍—nor are there any extant commentaries of Indo-Tibetan or Sino-Japanese origin. For these reasons, Conze (1960: 46) has even expressed doubt as to its authenticity, suggesting that the sūtra may have been composed in Tibet. This, however, is highly unlikely‍—in style and content the sūtra is compatible with the three longer versions, and quite dissimilar to the indigenous Tibetan compositions of the ninth century, when it was listed in the Denkarma (ldan dkar ma) catalogue. Situ Paṇchen’s catalogue to the Degé Kangyur includes the colophon of this sūtra, indicating that it was translated into Tibetan by Jinamitra, Prajñāvarman, and the translator Yeshé Dé.

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

Translation

English translation:

• Padmakara Translation Group (2023), Daśasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā, 84000 Reading Room