Boddhisatva

Definitions of Boddhisatva
  1. noun
    Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
    synonyms: Bodhisattva
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    examples:
    Maitreya
    the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama
    Avalokiteshvara
    a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people
    example of:
    deity, divinity, god, immortal
    any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
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