pāramī 

(Pāli). One of ten virtuous qualities mentioned in Pāli sources that are said to lead to Buddhahood. The ten qualities occur frequently in the Jātakas, and are also found in the Buddhavaṃsa and Cariyāpiṭaka. The list of ten pāramīs is: (1) generosity (dāna); (2) morality (sīla); (3) renunciation (nekhamma); (4) insight (paññā); (5) energy (viriya); (6) patience (khanti); (7) truthfulness (sacca); (8) resolution (adhiṭṭhāna); (9) loving-kindness (metta); (10) equanimity (upekkhā).

A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)

Pāramī (f.) [abstr. fr. parama, cp. BSk. mantrāṇāŋ pāra- miŋ gata Divy 637] completeness, perfection, highest state Sn 1018, 1020; Pug 70; DhA i.5; VvA 2 (sāvakañāṇa˚); PvA 139; Sdhp 328. In later literature there is mentioned a group of 10 perfections (dasa pāramiyo) as the perfect exercise of the 10 principal virtues by a Bodhisatta, viz. dāna˚, sīla˚, nekkhamma˚, paññā˚, viriya˚, khanti˚, sacca˚, adhiṭṭhāna˚, mettā˚, upekhā˚ J i.73; DhA i.84.
   -- ppatta (pārami˚) having attained perfection M iii.28; Nd2 435; Miln 21 22; cp. Miln trsl. i.34.

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