English Explanatory Dictionary

bodhisattva

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
  2. An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.

Pronunciation

/boʊ̯diːˈsʌtvə/ /boʊ̯diːˈsɑtvə/ en-us-bodhisattva.ogg /ˌbɒdɪˈsatvə/

Word forms

bodhisattva bodhisattvas boddhisatva bodhisvatta

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva, “enlightened existence”).

Synonyms

mahasattva

Derived words

bodhisattva vows

Translations

Arabic: بُودِيسَاتْفَا Armenian: բոդհիսատվա Bengali: বোধিসত্ত্ব Burmese: ဗောဓိသတ် Buryat: бодисада Chinese Mandarin: 菩薩 /菩萨 Chinese Mandarin: 菩提薩埵 /菩提萨埵 Esperanto: bodhisatvo Finnish: bodhisattva French: bodhisattva Georgian: ბოდჰისატვა German: Bodhisattva Greek: μποντισάτβα Hindi: बोधिसत्त्व Hungarian: bódhiszattva Indonesian: bodhisatwa Japanese: 菩薩 Kalmyk: бодьсдь Kazakh: бодхисаттва Khmer: ពោធិសត្វ Korean: 보살 Lao: ພະໂພທິສັດ Lao: ໂພທິສັດ Malay: bodhisatwa Manchu: ᠪᠣᡩᡳᠰᠠᡨᡠ Marathi: बोधिसत्त्व Mongolian: бодьсадва Pali: bodhisatta Persian: بوداسف Persian: بوذاسف Polish: bodhisattwa Portuguese: bodhisattva Russian: бодхиса́ттва Russian: бодхиса́тва Russian: бодиса́тва Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व Sinhalese: බෝධිසත්ත්ව Spanish: bodhisattva Thai: พระโพธิสัตว์ Thai: โพธิสัตว์ Tibetan: བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ Tocharian A: bodʰisattu Uyghur: بۇدساتۋا Vietnamese: bồ tát
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