般若波羅蜜

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
般 若 波 羅 蜜
はん
Grade: S 		にゃ
Grade: 6 		は
Grade: 3 		ら
Grade: S 		みつ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 般若波羅蜜 (MC paen nyaeX pa la mjit), itself being Kumārajīva's transliteration of Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā); equivalent to 般若 (hannya, “wisdom”) + 波羅蜜 (haramitsu, “completeness, perfection”).

Compare 般若波羅蜜多 (hannya haramitta), Xuanzang's later transliteration of the same Buddhist term.

Pronunciation

Noun

般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みつ) • (hannya haramitsu) 

  1. (Buddhism) prajnaparamita (perfection of wisdom, one of the six or ten transcendental virtues in Mahayana Buddhism)
    Synonyms: 智慧波羅蜜 (chie haramitsu), 般若波羅蜜多 (hannya haramitta)
    Hypernyms: 六波羅蜜 (roku-haramitsu, ropparamitsu), 十波羅蜜 (jū-haramitsu)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
般若波羅蜜

Noun

般若波羅蜜

  1. chữ Hán form of bát-nhã-ba-la-mật (“prajnaparamita”).
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