Pāli Dictionary

bodhisatta

bodhistemsattastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • the Buddha before his awakening; the unawakened Buddha in his previous and final lives

  • SN 35.117

    pubb'eva me, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddhassa bodhisattass'eva sato etadahosi

  • DN 14

    atha kh,o bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi

  • a being destined for Buddhahood; an aspirant Buddha; a bodhisattva

Encyclopedia

Bodhisatta
Other

  • The term for a being who aspires to become a Buddha, applied especially to the previous lives of Gotama Buddha before his enlightenment.

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