菩薩

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • (Buddhism) a bodhisattva
  • (sort=ほさつ') a title granted by the imperial court to notably virtuous high-ranking monks
  • (sort=ほさつ') a title applied to native Shinto deities after the spread of 本地垂迹 (Meiji period, explaining that Buddhist deities from India choose to appear in Japan as native kami)
  • in gagaku circles, a dancer dress dressed up as a bodhisattva
  • (sort=ほさつ') : rice grains
  • (by extension) a maidservant who cooks rice

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (enlightened existence) borrowed from Pali bodhisatta.

Origin

Pali

bodhisatta

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