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prajnaparamita

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A central concept in Mahayana Buddhism, suggesting that all things appear as thoughtforms (conceptual constructs).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā).

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: ပညာပါရမီတ (pa.nyapara.mita.) — prajnaparamita
  • Burmese: ပညာပါရမီ (pa.nyapara.mi) — prajnaparamita
  • Chinese Mandarin: 般若波羅蜜多 /般若波罗蜜多 (bōrě bōluómìduō) — prajnaparamita
  • Hindi: प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpārmitā) — prajnaparamita
  • Japanese: 般若波羅蜜多 — prajnaparamita
  • Khmer: ប្រាជ្ញាបារមីតា (praacñiəbaamiitaa) — prajnaparamita
  • Korean: 반야바라밀다 (banyabaramilda) — prajnaparamita
  • Polish: pradźńaparamita — prajnaparamita
  • Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापरमिता (prajñāparamitā) — prajnaparamita
  • Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā) — prajnaparamita
  • Sinhalese: ප්රඥාව (pragnāwa) — prajnaparamita
  • Thai: ปรัชญาปารมิตา — prajnaparamita
  • Tibetan: ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ་ (shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa) — prajnaparamita
  • Vietnamese: bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa — prajnaparamita
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