般若波羅蜜多

See also: 般若波罗蜜多

Chinese

		prajñā; Buddhist 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

  (Pinyin): bōrě bōluómìduō

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄖㄜˇ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ je⁵ bo¹ lo⁴ mat⁶ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōrě bōluómìduō
    • 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/
• 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/

Noun

般若波羅蜜多

1. (Buddhism) prajnaparamita: the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom
   • Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra (Xuanzang)

     觀自在菩薩，行深般若波羅蜜多時，照見五蘊皆空，度一切苦厄。 [MSC, trad.]
     观自在菩萨，行深般若波罗蜜多时，照见五蕴皆空，度一切苦厄。 [MSC, simp.]

     Guānzìzài Púsà, xíng shēn bōrě bōluómìduō shí, zhào jiàn wǔyùn jiē kōng, dù yīqiē kǔè... [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Buddhism) the body of sutras relating to this subject

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (般若波羅蜜多):

• → Japanese: 般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た) (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(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た) or 般若波羅蜜多(はんにゃはらみた) • (hannya haramitta or hannya haramita) 

1. (Buddhism) prajnaparamita: the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom
   • Heart Sutra (Wikipedia article)

     観(かん)自(じ)在(ざい)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ)。行(ぎょう)深(じん)般若(はんにゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た)時(じ)。照(しょう)見(けん)五(ご)蘊(うん)皆(かい)空(くう)。度(ど)一切(いっさい)苦(く)厄(やく)。...

     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.

2. (Buddhism) the body of sutras relating to this subject

Synonyms

• (prajñāpāramitā): 般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みつ) (hannya haramitsu)
• (body of sutras): 般(はん)若(にゃ)経(きょう) (Hannya-kyō)

See also

• 般(はん)若(にゃ) (hannya, “wisdom”)
• 波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た) (haramitta, “transcendence”)
• 金剛(こんごう)般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た)経(きょう) (Kongō Hannya Haramitta-Kyō, “Diamond Sutra”)
• 般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た)心(しん)経(ぎょう) (Hannya Haramitta Shingyō, “Heart Sutra”)