Editing Prajnaparamita (section)

=== Larger PP sutras ===
[[File:Perfection of Insight, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses) LACMA M.81.90.8 (2 of 2).jpg|thumb|Illustration from a 100,000 line PP sutra manuscript]]
The ''Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā'' ''Sūtra'' (T. ''Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa stong phrag nyi shu lnga pa''; C. ''Mohe bore boluomi jing'', 摩訶般若波羅蜜經) is one of the largest PP sutras, comprising three volumes of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] (26-28). It was also one of the most important and popular PP sutras in India, seeing as how there are numerous Indian commentaries on this text, including commentaries by Vimuktisena, Haribhadra, Smṛtijñānakīrti, and Ratnakarashanti. The sutra also survives in the original Sanskrit, which was found in [[Gilgit]]. It also exists in four Chinese translations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Perfection of Wisdom {{!}} 84000 Reading Room|url=https://read.84000.co/section/O1JC114941JC14665.html|access-date=2021-12-14|website=84000 Translating The Words of The Buddha|language=en}}</ref>

According to Nattier, the ''Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā'' is basically the ''Aṣṭasāhasrikā'' base text which has been "sliced" up and filled with other material, increasing the length of the text considerably.<ref name=":1"/> This process of expansion continued, culminating in the massive ''Śatasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra'' (100,000 lines), the largest of the PP sutras.

According to Joseph Walser, there is evidence that the ''Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra'' (25,000 lines) and the ''Śatasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra'' (100,000 lines) have a connection with the [[Dharmaguptaka]] sect, while the ''Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra'' (8,000 lines) does not.<ref>Williams, Paul. ''Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations.'' 2008. p. 6</ref>

Other PP texts were also composed which were much shorter and had a more independent structure from the ''Aṣṭasāhasrikā.'' Regarding the shorter PP texts, Conze writes, "two of these, the ''Diamond Sūtra'' and the ''Heart Sūtra'' are in a class by themselves and deservedly renowned throughout the world of Northern Buddhism. Both have been translated into many languages and have often been commented upon.".<ref>Conze, Edward. ''The Short Prajñāpāramitā Texts.'' 1973. p. 9</ref> Jan Nattier argues the Heart Sutra to be an apocryphal text composed in China from extracts of the ''Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā'' and other texts c. 7th century.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nattier |first1=Jan |title=The Heart Sūtra |journal=Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies |date=1992 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=153–223 |doi=10.2143/JIABS.15.2.3286001 }}</ref> Red Pine, however, does not support Nattiers argument and believes the Heart Sutra to be of Indian origin.<ref>"The Heart Sutra Translation and Commentary", 2004. p.22-24</ref>