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- Sanskrit · borrowed fromबोधिसत्त्व
- Sanskrit · borrowed fromबोधिसत्त्व
- English todaybodhisattva
Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva, “enlightened existence”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bodhisattva
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व