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paramita

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

perfection or culmination of certain virtues

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

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History

Etymology

From Sanskrit पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: ပါရမီ (para.mi) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波羅蜜 /波罗蜜 (bōluómì) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彼岸 (bǐ'àn) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Hindi: पारमिता (pārmitā) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Indonesian: paramita — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Japanese: 波羅蜜 — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Japanese: パラミツ (paramitsu) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Khmer: បារមី (baarea’məy) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Korean: 바라밀 (baramil) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Korean: 바라밀다 (baramilda) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Polish: paramita — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Portuguese: paramita — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Russian: парами́та — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Russian: пара́мита (paramíta, parámita) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Sanskrit: पारमिता (pāramitā) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Sanskrit: पारमी (pāramī) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Sinhalese: පාරමිතා (pāramitā) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Thai: บารมี (baarámee) — perfection (Buddhism)
  • Vietnamese: ba-la-mật-đa — perfection (Buddhism)