bodhisattva

bodhisattva
or boddhisattva noun Etymology: Sanskrit bodhisattva one whose essence is enlightenment, from bodhi enlightenment + sattva being — more at bid Date: 1828 a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others and is worshipped as a deity in Mahayana Buddhism

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  • Bodhisattva — (devanāgarī : बोधिसत्तव ; pâli : bodhisatto ; chinois traditionnel : 菩薩 et simplifié : 菩萨 (púsà) ; japonais : 菩薩 (bosatsu) ; thaï : พระโพธิสัตว์ ; coréen : 보살 (bosal) ;… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • BODHISATTVA — Le terme sanskrit bodhisattva désigne des êtres (sattva ), humains ou divins, qui ont atteint l’état d’éveil (bodhi ). Ils devraient donc porter logiquement le nom de buddha («éveillé») et être à jamais libérés des contingences existentielles. Le …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Bodhisattva — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bodhisattva es un término propio del budismo, esta palabra alude a alguien embarcado en el camino del Buda de manera significativa. Es un compuesto de bodhi (supremo conocimiento, iluminación) y sattva (ser). Así… …   Wikipedia Español

  • bodhisattva — BODHISÁTTVA DI/ s. m. inv. fiinţă care, potrivit budismului, atingând starea de perfecţiune, este scutită de a se reîncarna. ♢ statuie, reprezentând o astfel de fiinţă. (< fr. bodhisattva) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Bodhisattva — 1828, from Sanskrit, lit. one whose essence is perfect knowledge, from bodhi perfect knowledge (see BUDDHA (Cf. Buddha)) + sattva reality, being …   Etymology dictionary

  • bodhisattva — s. m. Para os budistas, homem que, tendo alcançado o estado de perfeição, será dispensado de renascer.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra sânscrita …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Bodhisattva — (izg. bodisàtva) m DEFINICIJA bud. onaj koji je dosegnuo vrhunsko Prosvjetljenje (prajnu), ali odgađa nirvanu kako bi pomogao drugima da dosegnu Prosvjetljenje ETIMOLOGIJA skr., pali: probuđenost …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • bodhisattva — [bō΄di sut′və, bō΄disät′və] n. [Sans, lit., one enlightened in essence < bodhi, enlightenment (< IE base * bheudh , to be alert, recognize > OE beodan, to command: see BID1) + sattva, being, existence (< IE * sent , part. stem of base …   English World dictionary

  • Bodhisattva — In the Buddhist context, a bodhisattva ( sa. बोधिसत्त्व, IAST|bodhisattva ; bo|t=བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་|w=byang chub sems dpa; Vietnamese: Bồ Tát ; pi. बोधिसत्त, IAST|bodhisatta ; Thai: โพธิสัตว์, phothisat ; zh stp|t=菩薩|s=菩萨|p=púsà) means either… …   Wikipedia

  • Bodhisattva — Darstellung eines sitzenden Bodhisattva (Japan, Asuka, 7. Jh.) Bodhisattva (Sanskrit, m., बोधिसत्त्व, bodhisattva; von Bodhi [„Erleuchtung“ oder „Erwachen“] und Sattva [„Wesen“]) bedeutet „Erleuchtungswesen“ (Pali: bodhisatta). Im Mahayana… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bodhisattva — /boh deuh sut veuh/, n. Buddhism. a person who has attained prajna, or Enlightenment, but who postpones Nirvana in order to help others to attain Enlightenment: individual Bodhisattvas are the subjects of devotion in certain sects and are often… …   Universalium

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