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'''Six mother scriptures''' ([[Wyl.]] ''yum drug'') — of the [[Seventeen mothers and sons|seventeen sutras]] upon which the [[Abhisamayalankara]] is a commentary, these are the ones which fully reveal the [[eight topics]].<ref>[[Khenpo Tsöndrü]] says, "Regarding the criteria for classifying these as either ‘mother’ or ‘son’ scriptures, sutras revealing the [[eight topics|eight clear realizations]] are termed ‘mother’ scriptures, whilst those revealing them only partially are termed [[eleven son scriptures|‘son’]]."[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/prajnaparamitaprelim.html]</ref>
'''Six mother scriptures''' ([[Wyl.]] ''yum drug'') — of the [[Seventeen mothers and sons|seventeen sutras]] upon which the [[Abhisamayalankara]] is a commentary, these are the ones which fully reveal the [[eight topics]].<ref>[[Khenpo Tsöndrü]] says, "Regarding the criteria for classifying these as either ‘mother’ or ‘son’ scriptures, sutras revealing the [[eight topics|eight clear realizations]] are termed ‘mother’ scriptures, whilst those revealing them only partially are termed [[eleven son scriptures|‘son’]]."[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/prajnaparamitaprelim.html]</ref>


#100,000 Verses on Transcendent Wisdom (''Shatasahasrika'')
#[[Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in One Hundred Thousand Lines|Sutra in One Hundred Thousand Lines]] (''Shatasahasrika'')
#[[Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in Twenty-five Thousand Lines|Sutra in Twenty-five Thousand Lines]] (''Pañcavimshatisahasrika'')
#[[Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in Twenty-five Thousand Lines|Sutra in Twenty-five Thousand Lines]] (''Pañcavimshatisahasrika'')
#18,000 Verses (''Ashtadashasahasrika'')
#18,000 Verses (''Ashtadashasahasrika'')

Revision as of 15:14, 12 November 2010

Six mother scriptures (Wyl. yum drug) — of the seventeen sutras upon which the Abhisamayalankara is a commentary, these are the ones which fully reveal the eight topics.[1]

  1. Sutra in One Hundred Thousand Lines (Shatasahasrika)
  2. Sutra in Twenty-five Thousand Lines (Pañcavimshatisahasrika)
  3. 18,000 Verses (Ashtadashasahasrika)
  4. 10,000 Verses (Dashasahasrika)
  5. Sutra in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika)
  6. Verse Summary (Saṃchaya)

Notes

  1. Khenpo Tsöndrü says, "Regarding the criteria for classifying these as either ‘mother’ or ‘son’ scriptures, sutras revealing the eight clear realizations are termed ‘mother’ scriptures, whilst those revealing them only partially are termed ‘son’."[1]