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Definition of Bodhisattva

Bodhisattva
Bodhisat Bo"dhi*sat, Bodhisattva Bo`dhi*satt"va, Bodhisattwa Bo`dhi*satt"wa, n. [Skr. b[=o]dhisattva (perh. through Pali b[=o]dhisatt[=o]); fr. b[=o]dhi knowledge, enlightenment + sattva being, essence.] (Buddhism) One who has reached the highest degree of saintship, so that in his next incarnation he will be a Buddha, or savior of the world. -- Bo"dhi*sat`ship, n.

Meaning of Bodhisattva from wikipedia

- In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English: /ˌboʊdiːˈsʌtvə/ BOH-dee-SUT-və; Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व, romanized: bodhisattva; Pali: बोधिसत्त, romanized: bodhisatta)...
- Guanyin (Chinese: 觀音; pinyin: Guānyīn) is a common Chinese name of the bodhisattva ****ociated with comp****ion known as Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर)...
- of the bodhisattva striving to become a fully awakened Buddha for the benefit of all sentient beings, and is thus also called the "Bodhisattva Vehicle"...
- In Buddhist thought, a bodhisattva (Hindi, Devanagari: बोधिसत्व; Burmese: ဗောဓိသတ်;Sinhalese:බෝධිසත්ව ; Chinese: 菩薩; pinyin: púsà; ****anese pronunciation:...
- The Bodhisattva vow is a vow (Sanskrit: praṇidhāna, lit. aspiration or resolution) taken by some Mahāyāna Buddhists to achieve full buddhahood for the...
- Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World") and Chenrezig (in Tibetan), is a tenth-level bodhisattva ****ociated with great comp****ion (mahakaruṇā). He is often ****ociated...
- Good") is a great bodhisattva in Buddhism ****ociated with practice and meditation. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, he forms...
- The Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla, traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, ****anese: bosat****i) are a set of ethical trainings (śīla)...
- Tạng (地藏), Standard Tibetan: ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་ Wylie: sa yi snying po) is a bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist...
- Chatra umbrella of the Bala Bodhisattva The Bala Bodhisattva is an ancient Indian statue of a Bodhisattva, found in 1904–1905 by German archaeologist...