 It is organized as a commentary on twenty-seven short mnemonic verses known as the "Śikṣāsamuccaya Kārikā".It consists primarily of quotations (of varying length) from sūtras, authoritative texts considered to be the word of the Buddha — generally those sūtras associated with Mahāyāna tradition, including the "Samadhiraja Sutra".Shantideva is particularly renowned as the author of the "Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra".