Editing Prajnaparamita (section)

=== Xuánzàng's Prajñāpāramitā Library ===
[[File:Illustrated_frontispiece_to_the_Mahaprajnaparamita_Sutra,_12th_century,_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art6.JPG|thumb|Illustrated frontispiece to the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, Japan, [[Heian period]], late 12th century, handscroll, gold on blue paper, [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]]]
The Chinese scholar and translator [[Xuanzang|Xuánzàng]] (玄奘, 602-664) is known for his translation of a massive Sanskrit collection of Prajñāpāramitā sutras called "the Xuánzàng Prajñāpāramitā Library" or "The Great Prajñāpāramitāsūtra" (般若 波羅蜜 多 經, pinyin: ''bōrě bōluómì duō jīng'').<ref>Muller, Charles A. (1995). 大 般若 波羅蜜 多 經 Basic Meaning: Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra. Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (電子 佛教 辭典), July 1995.</ref> 

Xuánzàng returned to China with three copies of this Sanskrit work which he obtained in South India and his translation is said to have been based on these three sources.<ref>Wriggins, Sally Hovey (1997). ''Xuanzang: A Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road'', p. 206. Westview Press, October 9, 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-8133-3407-3}}.</ref> In total it includes 600 scrolls, with 5 million Chinese characters.

This collection consists of 16 Prajñāpāramitā texts:<ref>Lancaster, Lewis, R .; Park, Sung-bae (2004). K 1 (T. 220) (H. 219). ''The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalog,'' 2004.</ref>
* ''Prajñāpāramitā sūtra in 100,000 verses'' (scrolls 1-400)
* ''Prajñāpāramitā sūtra in 25,000 verses'' (scrolls 401-478)
* ''Prajñāpāramitā sūtra in 18,000 verses'' (scrolls 479-537)
* ''Prajñāpāramitā sutra in 8,000 verses'' (scrolls 538-555)
* An abridged version of the ''Prajñāpāramitā sūtra in 8,000 verses'' (scrolls 556-565)
* ''Devarājapravara prajñāpāramitā sūtra'' - a part of the ''Questions of Suvikrānta'' (scrolls 566-573)
* ''Prajñāpāramitā sūtra in 700 verses'' (scrolls 574-575)
* ''Nāgaśripa-priccha Prajñāpāramitā'' (scroll 576)
* ''[[Diamond Sutra|The Diamond Sutra]]'' (scroll 577)
* ''Prajñāpāramitā sūtra in 150 verses'' (scroll  578)
* ''Ārya pañcapāramitānirdeśa nāma mahāyāna sūtra'' (bokrull 579-592)
* ''The Questions of Suvikrānta'' (scroll 593-600)
A modern English translation: ''The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra'' (vols. 1 to 6) translated by Naichen Chen (Tucson: Wheatmark).