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What is prajnaparamita? Write a short paragraph on it

Answer 1

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Prajnaparamita, (Sanskrit: “Perfection of Wisdom”) body of sutras and their commentaries that represents the oldest of the major forms of Mahayana Buddhism, one that radically extended the basic concept of ontological voidness (shunyata).

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).

Prajnaparamita is the Sanskrit term for “the perfection of wisdom,” which refers to the wisdom required to reach enlightenment. ... This splendid Prajnaparamita with twenty-two arms represents a distinctive form of the goddess that developed in Cambodia in the late twelfth-century.

Answer 2

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Prajnaparamita is a Sanskrit word that means “perfection of wisdom.” In the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, prajnaparamita is a central concept as well as a body of sutras, or religious teachings presented in the form of short statements. The term comes from prajna, meaning “wisdom” and paramita, meaning "perfection."