बोधिसत्त्व
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative scripts
- বোধিসত্ত্ব (Assamese script)
- ᬩᭀᬥᬶᬲᬢ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
- বোধিসত্ত্ব (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰺𑰠𑰰𑰭𑰝𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ဗောဓိသတ္တွ (Burmese script)
- બોધિસત્ત્વ (Gujarati script)
- ਬੋਧਿਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌿𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦺꦴꦣꦶꦱꦠ꧀ꦠ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂷𑂡𑂱𑂮𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಬೋಧಿಸತ್ತ್ವ (Kannada script)
- ពោធិសត្ត្វ (Khmer script)
- ໂພຘິສຕ຺ຕ຺ວ (Lao script)
- ബോധിസത്ത്വ (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᠣᢡᡳᠰ᠌ᠠᢠᢠᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘻𑘠𑘱𑘭𑘝𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠣᠸᠠᢑᠾᠢᠰᠠᢐᢐᢦ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧜𑧀𑧒𑧍𑦽𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑑀𑐢𑐶𑐳𑐟𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
- ବୋଧିସତ୍ତ୍ଵ (Odia script)
- ꢨꣂꢤꢶꢱꢡ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆾𑆣𑆴𑆱𑆠𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖺𑖠𑖰𑖭𑖝𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
- බොධිසත්ත්ව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩕𑩮𑩑𑪁𑩫 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚴𑚜𑚮𑚨𑚙𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
- பே³ாதி⁴ஸத்த்வ (Tamil script)
- బోధిసత్త్వ (Telugu script)
- โพธิสตฺตฺว (Thai script)
- བོ་དྷི་ས་ཏྟྭ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒼𑒡𑒱𑒮𑒞𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨆𑨜𑨁𑨰𑨙𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From बोधि (bodhí, “perfect knowledge”) + सत्त्व (sattvá, “essence”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
बोधिसत्त्व • (bodhi-sattva) stem, 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- → Bengali: বোধিসত্ত্ব (bōdhiśotto)
- Pali: bodhisatta
- Burmese: ဗောဓိသတ် (bau:dhi.sat)
- → English: bodhisattva
- → Chinese: 菩提薩埵／菩提萨埵 (pútísàduǒ), 菩薩／菩萨 (púsà)
- → Classical Mongolian: [script needed] (bodisadu)
- → Manchu: ᠪᠣᡩᡳᠰᠠᡨᡠ (bodisatu)
- → Sinhalese: බෝධිසත්ත්ව (bōdhisattwa)
- Tamil: போதிசத்துவன் (pōticattuvaṉ)
- → Thai: โพธิสัตว์ (poo-tí-sàt)
- → Tocharian A: bodʰisattu
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “बोधिसत्त्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0734.