Posted on: 28 August 2011

Prajñāpāramitā in Buddhism, means "the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom." The word Prajñāpāramitā combines the Sanskrit words prajñā ("wisdom") with pāramitā ("perfection"). Prajñāpāramitā is a central concept in Mahāyāna Buddhism and its practice and understanding are taken to be indispensable elements of the Bodhisattva Path. The practice of Prajñāpāramitā is elucidated and described in the genre of the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras, which vary widely in length and exhaustiveness.

The Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra was an encyclopedic collection of Prajnaparamita texts, usually attributed to Nagarjuna, translated into Chinese by Xuanzang and his assistants.[1] Alternatively, this name refers to the Large Sutra on the Perfection of Wisdom (Skt. Pancavimsatisahasrika-prajnaparamita-sutra, meaning 25,000-Line Perfection of Wisdom Sutra) (Chinese pinyin:mo-he bo-ruo bo-luo-mi-duo jing, whence the name Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra).

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Prajnaparmita is considered to be one of the female Bodhisattava .They represent primordial energy of creation and thus Prajna, transcendent wisdom,has come to characterize all yums, (mother or mystic consort). She is generally shown on on a throne with both hands in a teaching gesture .The lotus flower unfolding near her shoulder carries the book of Transcendent wisdom. She is also said to be the personification of the Mahayana Sutra which Nagarjuna received from the Nagas. She is worshipped as representative of the highest virtue ie wisdom.Her Tibetan name is Sherchinma.

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