菩薩
Chinese
forms
Definitions
- (Buddhism) bodhisattva
- (figurative) kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (enlightened existence) borrowed from Pali bodhisatta.
Origin
Pali
bodhisatta
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bodhisattva English
- бодхисаттва Russian
- *bʰewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- 菩提薩埵 Japanese
- 菩薩 Japanese
- बोधिसत्त्व Sanskrit
- Bồ Tát Vietnamese
- bồ tát Vietnamese
- ဗောဓိသတ် Burmese
- 菩提薩埵 Chinese
- bodhi Pali
- bodhisatta Pali
- satta Pali
- ພຣະໂພທິສັດ Lao
- bodʰisattu Tocharian A
- 𐨦𐨆𐨯𐨁𐨯𐨟𐨿𐨬 Gandhari