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The Sanskrit term Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā can be transliterated into English as Astasahasrikaprajnaparamita or Ashtasahasrikaprajnaparamita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā (अष्टसाहस्रिकाप्रज्ञापारमिता).—name of a work (= Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā): Mahāvyutpatti 1328; referred to Śikṣāsamuccaya 37.13 as Prajñāpāramitā Aṣṭasăhasrikā.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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