菩提薩埵

Readings

Pinyin: pútísàtuo

Wade-Giles: p'u-t'i-sa-t'o

Hangul: 보리살타

Korean MC: borisalta

Korean MR: porisalt'a

Katakana: ボダイサッタ

Hepburn: bodaisatta

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bodhisattva

• A being of enlightenment: "one whose essence is wisdom;" "one who has bodhi or perfect wisdom as his essence." (M-W). Full transliteration of the Sanskrit, which is much more commonly seen in its abbreviated form of 菩薩 (Tib. byang chub sems dpa'). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, YBh-Ind, Yokoi]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 947

Bulgyo sajeon, 296a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1152a

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 29

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1222b

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1018

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4658b,4659a,4665c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1631-1

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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