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
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bodhisattva English
- бодхисаттва Russian
- *bʰewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- - of der Japanese
- having or containing wealth, earth, country Japanese
- sa Japanese
- zh Japanese
- वसुधारा Japanese
- 持世 Japanese
- 持世菩薩 Japanese
- 菩提薩埵 Japanese
- 観音 Japanese
- 観音菩薩 Japanese
- बोधिसत्त्व Sanskrit
- वसुधारा Sanskrit
- ဗောဓိသတ် Burmese
- 菩提薩埵 Chinese
- 菩薩 Chinese
- bodhi Pali
- bodhisatta Pali
- satta Pali
- ພຣະໂພທິສັດ Lao
- bodʰisattu Tocharian A
- 𐨦𐨆𐨯𐨁𐨯𐨟𐨿𐨬 Gandhari