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Meanings

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noun

Heart Sutra

Buddhism

A well-known Mahayana Buddhist scripture, often chanted in Japanese temples. The full title is 摩訶般若波羅蜜多心経.

お寺てらで般はん若にゃ心しん経ぎょうを唱となえた。
I chanted the Heart Sutra at the temple.

carrier, carry, all

若young, if, perhaps

心heart, mind, spirit

経sutra, longitude, pass thru

Etymology

From the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Sūtra. 般若 (はんにゃ) means 'wisdom', 心 (しん) means 'heart' or 'essence', and 経 (きょう) means 'sutra'.