Pāli Dictionary

bodhisatta

bodhistemsattastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • 성도 전의 부처님; 깨닫기 전의 세존(전생과 마지막 생)

  • 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

  • 보살; 불과를 서원한 중생; 구도자

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

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  • 부처가 되고자 하는 존재를 가리키는 용어로, 특히 고따마 붓다가 깨달음을 얻기 이전의 전생들을 가리키는 데 쓰인다.

  • 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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