ID: 901001851 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001851	Record Type: Literature

	Prajnaparamita (Buddhist sutras)

Note: Body of sutras and their commentaries that represents the oldest of the major forms of Mahayana Buddhism, one that radically extended the basic concept of ontological voidness (shunyata). The name denotes the female personification of the literature or of wisdom, sometimes called the Mother of All Buddhas. The main creative period of Prajnaparamita thought extended from perhaps 100 BCE to 150 CE.

Display Date: from ca. 100 BCE

Names:

	Prajnaparamita (Buddhist sutras) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............<Named sutras> (P)
		................Prajnaparamita (Buddhist sutras) (I)

Related Iconography:

	personification is .... Prajnaparamita
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Prajnaparamita (Buddhist character)) [901000901]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... sutras
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Buddhism
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Prajnaparamita (Buddhist sutras)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Prajnaparamita," accessed 17 June 2017