一切經音義 1.84

1.84

Ban (pronounced bo; the original Sanskrit pronunciation is pra; taking the character luo in the rising tone together with a rolled tongue gives it; the conjunct consonant [erhe] takes half the sound of each of the two characters and combines them into one sound; the ancient rendering ban is an erroneous abbreviation); re (er-zhe fan; the correct Sanskrit pronunciation is jñā; zhi is pronounced ji-yi fan, and niang takes the rising tone; the two characters combine into one sound; the ancient rendering re is an abbreviation); bo (the correct Sanskrit pronunciation should be pā; bo-ge fan, with an elongated sound); luo (the correct Sanskrit pronunciation should be ra; as above, taking the rising tone of luo and rolling the tongue to pronounce it); miduo (the correct pronunciation is mita; mi is pronounced mi-yi fan). Fully spoken, it should be mahā-prajñā-pāramitā. In Sanskrit, mahā (in the Tang language, "great"), prajñā (in the Tang language, "wisdom" [hui], also called "insight" [zhihu], or "correct discerning knowledge" [zhengliaozhi]; Yijing gives this interpretation), pā-