बोधिसत्त्व
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬩᭀᬥᬶᬲᬢ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
- বোধিসত্ত্ৱ (Assamese script)
- বোধিসত্ত্ব (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰺𑰠𑰰𑰭𑰝𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌿𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
- બોધિસત્ત્વ (Gujarati script)
- ਬੋਧਿਸਤੑਤੑਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦧꦺꦴꦣꦶꦱꦠ꧀ꦠ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
- ពោធិសត្ត្វ (Khmer script)
- ಬೋಧಿಸತ್ತ್ವ (Kannada script)
- ໂພຘິສຕ຺ຕ຺ວ (Lao script)
- ബോധിസത്ത്വ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘤𑘻𑘠𑘱𑘭𑘝𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠣᠸᠠᢑᠾᢈᠰᠠᢐᢐᢦ (Mongolian script)
- ᠪᠣᢡᡳᠰ᠌ᠠᢠᢠᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဗောဓိသတ္တွ (Burmese script)
- 𑧄𑧜𑧀𑧒𑧍𑦽𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑑀𑐢𑐶𑐳𑐟𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
- ବୋଧିସତ୍ତ୍ଵ (Oriya script)
- ꢨꣂꢤꢶꢱꢡ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆾𑆣𑆴𑆱𑆠𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖺𑖠𑖰𑖭𑖝𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
- බෝධිසත්ත්ව (Sinhalese script)
- బోధిసత్త్వ (Telugu script)
- โพธิสตฺตฺว (Thai script)
- བོ་དྷི་ས་ཏྟྭ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒼𑒡𑒱𑒮𑒞𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From बोधि (bodhí, “perfect knowledge”) + सत्त्व (sattvá, “essence”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /boː.d̪ʱiˈs̪ɐt̪.t̪ʋɐ/, [boː.d̪ʱiˈs̪ɐt̪̚.t̪ʋɐ]
Noun
बोधिसत्त्व • (bodhi-sattva) m (Classical Sanskrit)
- (Buddhism) bodhisattva
- "one whose essence is perfect knowledge", one who is on the way to the attainment of perfect knowledge (i.e. a Buddhist saint) when he has only one birth to undergo before obtaining the state of a supreme Buddha and then nirvana
- name of the principal Buddha of the present era (before he became a Buddha)
- name of a poet
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of बोधिसत्त्व | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | बोधिसत्त्वः (bodhisattvaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | बोधिसत्त्वस्य (bodhisattvasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | बोधिसत्त्वः (bodhisattvaḥ) | बोधिसत्त्वौ (bodhisattvau) | बोधिसत्त्वाः (bodhisattvāḥ) |
| Vocative | बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva) | बोधिसत्त्वौ (bodhisattvau) | बोधिसत्त्वाः (bodhisattvāḥ) |
| Accusative | बोधिसत्त्वम् (bodhisattvam) | बोधिसत्त्वौ (bodhisattvau) | बोधिसत्त्वान् (bodhisattvān) |
| Instrumental | बोधिसत्त्वेन (bodhisattvena) | बोधिसत्त्वाभ्याम् (bodhisattvābhyām) | बोधिसत्त्वैः (bodhisattvaiḥ) |
| Dative | बोधिसत्त्वाय (bodhisattvāya) | बोधिसत्त्वाभ्याम् (bodhisattvābhyām) | बोधिसत्त्वेभ्यः (bodhisattvebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | बोधिसत्त्वात् (bodhisattvāt) | बोधिसत्त्वाभ्याम् (bodhisattvābhyām) | बोधिसत्त्वेभ्यः (bodhisattvebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | बोधिसत्त्वस्य (bodhisattvasya) | बोधिसत्त्वयोः (bodhisattvayoḥ) | बोधिसत्त्वानाम् (bodhisattvānām) |
| Locative | बोधिसत्त्वे (bodhisattve) | बोधिसत्त्वयोः (bodhisattvayoḥ) | बोधिसत्त्वेषु (bodhisattveṣu) |
Descendants
- → Bengali: বোধিসত্ত্ব (bodhisôtt)
- Pali: bodhisatta
- Burmese: ဗောဓိသတ် (bau:dhi.sat)
- → English: bodhisattva
- → Chinese: 菩提薩埵, 菩薩
- Japanese: 菩提薩埵 (bodai-satta), 菩薩 (bosatsu)
- Korean: 보살 (bosal)
- Manchu: ᡦᡠᠰᠠ (pusa)
- Vietnamese: bồ tát
- → Classical Mongolian: bodisadu
- → Manchu: ᠪᠣᡩᡳᠰᠠᡨᡠ (bodisatu)
- → Sinhalese: බෝධිසත්ත්ව (bōdhisattwa)
- Tamil: போதிசத்துவன் (pōticattuvaṉ)
- → Thai: โพธิสัตว์ (poo-tí-sàt)
- → Tocharian A: bodʰisattu
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “बोधिसत्त्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0734.