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prajnaparamita

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

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Prajnaparamita

Prajñāpāramitā means "the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom" in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Prajñāpāramitā refers to this perfected way of seeing the nature of reality, as well as to a particular body of sutras and to the personification of the concept in the Bodhisattva known as the "Great Mother" (Tibetan: Yum Chenmo). The word Prajñāpāramitā combines the Sanskrit words prajñā "wisdom" with pāramitā "perfection". Prajñāpāramitā is a central concept in Mahāyāna Buddhism and is generally associated with the doctrine of emptiness ( Shunyata) or 'lack of Svabhava' (essence) and the works of Nagarjuna. Its practice and understanding are taken to be indispensable elements of the Bodhisattva path.

According to Edward Conze the Prajñāpāramitā Sutras are "a collection of about forty texts...composed in India between approximately 100 BC and AD 600." Some Prajñāpāramitā sūtras are thought to be among the earliest Mahāyāna sūtras.

One of the important features of the Prajñāpāramitā Sutras is anutpada (unborn, no origin).

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In Buddhism this development created goddesses such as Wisdom personified as Prajnaparamita, or the Perfection of Wisdom, and the saviour goddess Tara, who became especially associated with the compassionate Avalokites-vara (17, 19).