般若波罗蜜多 (般若波羅蜜多) bōrěbōluómìduō

bōrěbōluómìduō noun prajnaparamita; prajñāpāramitā; perfection of the highest form of wisdom
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: prajñāpāramitā, Pali: paññāpāramī, Japanese: hannya haramitta, Tibetan: shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa; Prajñāpāramitā is a widely used term in Mahāyāna Buddhism and occasionally used in Theravada, referring to the wisdom required to achieve enlightenment. Prajñāpāramitā may also refer to the understanding of emptiness 空. Prajñāpāramitā is the sixth of the six pāramitās 六度. It is also a genre of Mahāyāna literature, which includes the Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra 小品般若波羅蜜經, Diamond Sūtra 金剛般若波羅蜜經, and Heart Sūtra 般若波羅蜜多心經 (BL 'prajñāpāramitā', p. 656; FGDB '般若波羅蜜'; Powers 2007, p. 539).

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