Definition of Bodhisatva
{ Bo"dhi*sat (?), ||Bo`dhi*satt"va,
||Bo`dhi*satt"wa (?) }, n. [Skr.
bōdhisattva (perh. through Pali
bōdhisattō); fr. bōdhi 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.
{ Bo"dhi*sat (?), ||Bo`dhi*satt"va,
||Bo`dhi*satt"wa (?) }, n. [Skr.
bōdhisattva (perh. through Pali
bōdhisattō); fr. bōdhi 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Shakyamuni Buddha, as he was before his enlightenment in nirvana.
- In Mahayana Buddhism, any being who has forestalled their enlightenment until they have completed a vow to bring all other beings into nirvana through the realization of sunyata and the practice of the six perfections.
- In Theravada Buddhism, the Buddha Maitreya, from now until his enlightenment.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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