[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Prajnaparamita, the Perfection of Knowledge Goddess # Prajnaparamita, the Perfection of Knowledge Goddess The Buddhist goddess Prajnaparamita is the personification of a Mahayanist Buddhist text of that name, written around the 8th century. The emergence of this goddess is an indication of the growing power of the cult of the Buddhist saviour figure, the Bodhisattva and the female counterpart, Tara. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 800–1000 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-21-1988](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-21-1988) · Pramāṇa