般はん若にゃ

noun

prajna; wisdom for enlightenment

Buddhist term for the transcendent wisdom needed to attain enlightenment. Often appears in sutras and Buddhist philosophy.

• 般はん若にゃ心しん経ぎょうは、般はん若にゃの智ち慧えを説といた経きょう典てんです。

  The Heart Sutra is a scripture that expounds the wisdom of prajna.

noun

hannya mask; grinning horned demoness mask

A Noh mask depicting a jealous woman transformed into a demon. Represents intense female rage and jealousy.

See also: 般若面

• 能のう楽がくで使つかわれる般はん若にゃの面めんは、女じょ性せいの嫉しっ妬とと怒いかりを表あらわしている。

  The hannya mask used in Noh theater represents a woman's jealousy and rage.

noun

terrifying face; dreadful expression

Abbreviation of 般若面. Describes a woman's face twisted by jealousy or rage, often in everyday or literary contexts.

See also: 般若面

• 彼かの女じょは嫉しっ妬とで般はん若にゃのような顔かおになった。

  Her face became like a hannya mask out of jealousy.