般若波羅蜜多
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See also: 般若波罗蜜多
Chinese
| prajñā; Buddhist transcendental wisdom | paramita | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (般若波羅蜜多) | 般若 | 波羅蜜多 | |
| simp. (般若波罗蜜多) | 般若 | 波罗蜜多 | |
Etymology
Transcription of Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄖㄜˇ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: borě boluómìduo
- Wade–Giles: po1-jê3 po1-lo2-mi4-to1
- Yale: bwō-rě bwō-lwó-mì-dwō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boree boluomihduo
- Palladius: божэ боломидо (božɛ bolomido)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bo1 je5 bo1 lo4 mat6 do1
- Yale: bō yéh bō lòh maht dō
- Cantonese Pinyin: bo1 je5 bo1 lo4 mat9 do1
- Guangdong Romanization: bo1 yé5 bo1 lo4 med6 do1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔː⁵⁵ jɛː¹³ pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ mɐt̚² tɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
般若波羅蜜多
- (Buddhism) prajnaparamita: the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom
- (Buddhism) the body of sutras relating to this subject
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (般若波羅蜜多):
- → Japanese: 般若波羅蜜多 (hannya haramitta)
- → Korean: 반야 바라밀다(般若波羅蜜多) (banya baramilda)
- → Vietnamese: bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa (般若波羅蜜多)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 般 | 若 | 波 | 羅 | 蜜 | 多 |
| はん Grade: S |
にゃ Grade: 6 |
は Grade: 3 |
ら Grade: S |
みつ > みっ Grade: S |
た Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |||||
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 般若波羅蜜多, itself a transcription from Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā).
Noun
般若波羅蜜多 or 般若波羅蜜多 • (hannya haramitta or hannya haramita)
- (Buddhism) prajnaparamita: the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom
- Heart Sutra (Wikipedia article)
- 観自在菩薩。行深般若波羅蜜多時。照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄。...
- Kanjizai Bosatsu gyō jin hannya haramitta ji shōken goun kai kū do issai kuyaku...
- The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, while dwelling in the deep Perfection of Wisdom, sees clearly that the five skandhas are all empty and is thus freed from all suffering.[1]
- 観自在菩薩。行深般若波羅蜜多時。照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄。...
- Heart Sutra (Wikipedia article)
- (Buddhism) the body of sutras relating to this subject
Synonyms
See also
- 般若 (hannya, “wisdom”)
- 波羅蜜多 (haramitta, “transcendence”)
- 金剛般若波羅蜜多経 (Kongō Hannya Haramitta-Kyō, “Diamond Sutra”)
- 般若波羅蜜多心経 (Hannya Haramitta Shingyō, “Heart Sutra”)
References
- ^ Zen Heart Sutra Phonetic – Translation Of The Kanji Of The Heart Sutra, 2017 August 18 (last accessed)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 般 | 若 | 波 | 羅 | 蜜 | 多 |
Noun
般若波羅蜜多
- chữ Hán form of bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa (“prajnaparamita”).