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
- (Buddhism) prajnaparamita (the Perfection of Wisdom, Transcendental Knowledge)
Derived terms
- Bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa kinh