   the diamond sÅ«tra is a mahÄyÄna (buddhist) sÅ«tra from the prajÃ±ÄpÄramitÄ, or "perfection of wisdom" genre, and emphasizes the practice of non-abiding and non-attachment. the full sanskrit title of this text is the vajracchedikÄ prajÃ±ÄpÄramitÄ sÅ«tra. a copy of the chinese version of diamond sÅ«tra, found among the dunhuang manuscripts in the early 20th century by aurel stein, was dated back to may 11, 868. it is, in the words of the british library, "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book." ==title== the earliest known sanskrit title for the sÅ«tra is the vajracchedikÄ prajÃ±ÄpÄramitÄ sÅ«tra, which may be translated roughly as the "vajra cutter perfection of wisdom sÅ«tra." in english, shortened forms such as diamond sÅ«tra and vajra sÅ«tra are common. the diamond sÅ«tra has also been highly regarded in a number of asian countries where mahÄyÄna buddhism has been traditionally practiced. translations of this title into the languages of some of these countries include: *sanskrit: à¤µà¤à¥à¤°à¤à¥à¤à¥à¤¦à¤¿à¤à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤°à¤à¥à¤à¤¾à¤ªà¤¾à¤°à¤®à¤¿à¤¤à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤°, vajracchedikÄ prajÃ±ÄpÄramitÄ sÅ«tra *chinese: ãéåè¬è¥æ³¢ç¾èå¤ç¶ã, jingang boreboluomiduo jing (chin-kang po-je-po-lo-mi-to ching); shortened to ãéåç¶ã, jingang jing (chin-kang ching) *, kongÅ hannya haramita kyÅ, shortened to éåçµ, kongÅ-kyÅ *, geumgang banyabaramil gyeong, shortened to ê¸ê°ê²½, geumgang gyeong *mongolian: yeke kÃ¶lgen sudur *vietnamese kim cÆ°Æ¡ng bÃ¡t-nhÃ£-ba-la-máº­t-Äa kinh, shortened to kim cÆ°Æ¡ng kinh *tibetan à½ à½à½à½¦à¼à½à¼à½¤à½ºà½¦à¼à½¢à½à¼à½à¾±à½²à¼
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