बोधिसत्त्व

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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

From बोधि (bodhí, “perfect knowledge”) + सत्त्व (sattvá, “essence”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /boː.d̪ʱiˈs̪ɐt̪.t̪ʋɐ/, [boː.d̪ʱiˈs̪ɐt̪̚.t̪ʋɐ]

Noun

बोधिसत्त्व • (bodhi-sattva) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)

1. (Buddhism) bodhisattva
2. "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
3. name of the principal Buddha of the present era (before he became a Buddha)
4. name of a poet

Declension

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

• → 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)
  • → Japanese: 菩提薩埵 (bodai-satta), 菩薩 (bosatsu)
  • → Korean: 보살 (bosal)
  • → Manchu: ᡦᡠᠰᠠ (pusa)
  • → Vietnamese: bồ tát
• → Classical Mongolian: [script needed] (bodisadu)
  • → Manchu: ᠪᠣᡩᡳᠰᠠᡨᡠ (bodisatu)
• → Sinhalese: බෝධිසත්ත්‍ව (bōdhisattwa)
• Tamil: போதிசத்துவன் (pōticattuvaṉ)
• → Thai: โพธิสัตว์ (poo-tí-sàt)
• → Tocharian A: bodʰisattu

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “बोधिसत्त्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0734.