般若波羅蜜

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

• (Tokyo) はんにゃはら​みつ [hàńnyá háráꜜmìtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɲ̟ɲ̟a̠ ha̠ɾa̠mʲit͡sɨᵝ]

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)