noun
Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
A major Mahayana Buddhist scripture, also known as the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra. Used in Buddhist contexts.
大般若経は、大乗仏教の重要な経典の一つです。
The Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra is one of the important scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism.
From 大 (great) + 般若 (prajñā, wisdom) + 経 (sutra). The reading 般若 (はんにゃ) is a phonetic rendering of Sanskrit prajñā.