# 般若波羅蜜多
## Chinese

| | | prajñā; Buddhist transcendental wisdom | paramita |
| trad. (般若波羅蜜多) | trad. (般若波羅蜜多) | 般若 | 波羅蜜多 |
| simp. (般若波罗蜜多) | 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): bo$^1$ je$^5$ bo$^1$ lo$^4$ mat$^6$ do$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bōrě bōluómìduō
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄖㄜˇ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: borě boluómìduo
*** Wade–Giles: po$^1$-jê$^3$ po$^1$-lo$^2$-mi$^4$-to$^1$
*** Yale: bwō-rě bwō-lwó-mì-dwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boree boluomihduo
*** Palladius: божэ боломидо (božɛ bolomido)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bo$^1$ je$^5$ bo$^1$ lo$^4$ mat$^6$ do$^1$
*** Yale: bō yéh bō lòh maht dō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bo$^1$ je$^5$ bo$^1$ lo$^4$ mat$^9$ do$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bo$^1$ yé$^5$ bo$^1$ lo$^4$ med$^6$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔː⁵⁵ jɛː¹³ pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ mɐt̚² tɔː⁵⁵/

### Noun

般若波羅蜜多
* (Buddhism) prajnaparamita: the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom
** Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra (Xuanzang)
       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)
* (Buddhism) the body of sutras relating to this subject

#### Descendants

* → 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)
* (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.
* (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”)

### References

* ↑ Zen Heart Sutra Phonetic – Translation Of The Kanji Of The Heart Sutra‎, 2017 August 18 (last accessed)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 般 | 若 | 波 | 羅 | 蜜 | 多 |

### Noun

般若波羅蜜多
* chữ Hán form of bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa (“prajnaparamita”).