bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (clipping) bát-nhã-ba-la-mật

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 般若波羅蜜多, from Chinese 般若波羅蜜多／般若波罗蜜多 (bōrě bōluómìduō), from Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ɲaː˦ˀ˥ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ɲaː˧˨ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ɲaː˨˩˦ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: bát nhã ba la mật đa

Noun

bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa

1. (Buddhism) prajnaparamita (the Perfection of Wisdom, Transcendental Knowledge)

Derived terms

• Bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa kinh