also: ぱらみつ
pāramitā; perfection; Buddhist perfection
Only with reading はらみつ
Buddhist term for the perfections or virtues cultivated on the path to enlightenment. Often appears in compounds like 六波羅蜜 (six pāramitās).
See also: 波羅蜜多
jackfruit
Refers to the tropical fruit Artocarpus heterophyllus. Usually written in katakana as パラミツ.
The six pāramitās are an important teaching in Mahayana Buddhism.
Jackfruit is a fruit commonly eaten in Southeast Asia.
Kanji spelling for the Buddhist term; reading はらみつ is standard in this context.
Kanji spelling occasionally used for the fruit, but katakana is strongly preferred.
Katakana spelling for the fruit; this sense is usually written in kana.
Hiragana variant for the fruit; less common than katakana but still used.
Sense 1: From Sanskrit pāramitā via Chinese. Sense 2: From Portuguese jaca or Malayalam chakka, possibly via Southeast Asian languages; the reading パラミツ may reflect an older borrowing route.