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-Here is a list of the ensuing treatises in their historical sequence of composition:
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-The Six Mother texts:
-*302 gathas - Ratnaguna-samucaya-gatha
-*8,000 slokas - Astasahasrika
-*10,000 slokas - Dasasahasrika
-*18,000 slokas - Astadasasahasrika
-*25,000 slokas - Pancavrimsatisahasrika
-*100,000 slokas - Satasahasrika
-The Ten Sibling texts:
-*2,500 slokas - Suvikrantavikramipariprccha
-*700 slokas - Saptasatika
-*500 slokas - Pancasatika
-*300 slokas - Trisatika (= Vajracchedika)
-*150 slokas - Naya-sata-pancasatika
-*25 slokas - Prajnahrdaya (Heart Sutra)
-*1 syllable - Ekaksari
-*50 slokas - Ardhasatika Kausika-prajnaparamita-tantra Svalpaksara-prajnaparamita-tantra.
-The general consensus amongst scholars at the present time is that the initial 41 verses of the first Mother text, the Samucayagatha (Tib: [[sdud pa]]), constitutes the substance of the original Prajnaparamita-mulasutra; the root text from which all the 'expanded' (vaipulya) versions have sprung. However, as Conze explains,
-"Unfortunately our present version of the ''Samcaya-gatha'' is not the original one. It has been tampered with in the eighth century when, under the Buddhist Pala dynasty, which then ruled [[Bihar]], the great expert on [[Prajnaparamita]], [[Haribhadra]], either rearranged the verses or, perhaps, only divided them into chapters."