Prologue 77 1. The title: Abhisamācārikā, Abhisamācārikāh or Abhisamācārikā Dharmāh? 78 2. Madhyuddeśapāthaka 79 3. Language 80 4. A linguistic similarity between the literature of the Mahāsāmghika-Lokottaravādins and the Astasāhasrikā-Prajñāpāramitā 85