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prajnā-paramita

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Praj⋅nā-Pa⋅ra⋅mi⋅ta

[pruhj-nyah-pah-ruhm-i-tuh, pruhj-nuh-]
–noun Buddhism.
1. a series of sutras dealing with the perfection of wisdom: systematized by the Madhyamikas.
2. (plural) the 10 perfections of the Bodhisattva.
3. (in Mahayana Buddhism) a female deity, the personification of transcendental wisdom.
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