Pāli Dictionary

bodhisatta

bodhistemsattastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • 成佛前的佛陀；未覺悟時的世尊（指悉達多太子及其前世）

  • 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

  • 菩薩；發願成就佛果的眾生；求道者

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

Encyclopedia

Bodhisatta
Other

  • 指立誓求證佛果之人的稱謂，尤用以指喬達摩佛成道之前的歷世菩薩身。

  • 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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