The pāramīs, in Sanskrit pāramitās, are the qualities developed over many lives by one who aspires to buddhahood. The Theravāda counts ten: generosity, virtue, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truthfulness, resolution, loving-kindness and equanimity. The Mahāyāna counts six or ten.
Pāramī
A perfection: one of the virtues, such as generosity, patience and wisdom, perfected on the way to buddhahood.
Also: Parami, paramita