user17056: What is the literal meaning of Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. Everywhere I read it says "The Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 Lines", but that is not a literal translation as far as I can tell. What is the literal translation or etymology?
For example, Sutra means "thread", but that is no where in that perfection of wisdom phrase. I read elsewhere, too, that:

The word Prajñāpāramitā combines the Sanskrit words prajñā "wisdom" with pāramitā "perfection".

So we have the "wisdom perfecting thread" sort of thing. But what is the other word?

user254: Aṣṭasāhasrikā translates to "eight thousand":

aṣṭá -- eight
sahasra -- thousand

Sanskrit Numbers

user17194: Aṣṭasāhasrikā: asta (8) sahasara (1000)
Prajñāpāramitā: prajna(wisdom) paramita(perfection)
Sutra: thread/verse
PDF: THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM IN EIGHT THOUSAND LINES & ITS
VERSE SUMMARY
- The Huntington Archive

17056: <p>What is the literal meaning of Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. Everywhere I read it says "The Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 Lines", but that is not a <em>literal</em> translation as far as I can tell. What is the literal translation or etymology?</p>

<p>For example, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutra" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sutra</a> means "thread", but that is no where in that perfection of wisdom phrase. I read elsewhere, too, that:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The word Prajñāpāramitā combines the Sanskrit words prajñā "wisdom" with pāramitā "perfection".</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So we have the "wisdom perfecting thread" sort of thing. But what is the other word?</p>
 254: <p><em>Aṣṭasāhasrikā</em> translates to "eight thousand":</p>

<ul>
<li><em>aṣṭá</em> -- eight</li>
<li><em>sahasra</em> -- thousand</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://veda.wikidot.com/sanskrit-numbers/comments/show" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sanskrit Numbers</a></p>
 17194: <p>Aṣṭasāhasrikā: asta (8) sahasara (1000)<br>
Prajñāpāramitā: prajna(wisdom) paramita(perfection)<br>
Sutra: thread/verse</p>

<p>PDF: <a href="https://huntingtonarchive.org/resources/downloads/sutras/02Prajnaparamita/Astasahasrika.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM IN EIGHT THOUSAND LINES &amp; ITS
VERSE SUMMARY</a><br>
- The Huntington Archive</p>
