Prajñā Group

The is a regiment of the Anbu of the Land of Woods. About six years after the Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha, the village moved for a potential alliance with the Land of Wood, agreeing to trade special scrolls as a sign of trust. The Prajñā Group was assigned to go to the meeting point. Ultimately, the Prajñā Group betrayed the Konona-nin, attempted to kill them after receiving the enemy's scroll. Their attempted was thwarted a Konoha Anbu team lead by Danzō Shimura of Root and all but annihilating the Prajñā Group. Nine years later, on his way to the Kage Summit, the remnants of this group came out for revenge on Danzō. The seventeen who tried to assassinate the elder were swiftly killed by him.

In the manga, they fought with extremely long kunai that lacked rings at the end. In the anime, they were shown using Earth Release to hurl massive chunks of rock at their opponents.

Trivia

 * Prajñā is a Buddhist concept, often translated as wisdom. There are many interpretations of Prajñā, but it usually refers to the wisdom that is able to extinguish afflictions and bring about enlightenment.
 * In the anime, the sword-length kunai used by these Anbu were replaced with regular kunai and swords.
 * Prajñā is also a translation of the word "hannya", which is a mask used in noh theatre to represent a jealous female demon. This is in reference to the design of the mask being worn by all the members.

Grupo Prajñā