Found 2 items, similar to Bodhisattva.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Bodhisattva Bodhisattva n : Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others [syn: Boddhisatva]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bodhisattva Bodhisat \Bo"dhi*sat\, ||Bodhisattva \Bo`dhi*satt"va\, ||Bodhisattwa \Bo`dhi*satt"wa\, n. [Skr. b[=o]dhisattva (perh. through Pali b[=o]dhisatt[=o]); fr. b[=o]dhi knowledge, enlightenment + sattva being, essence.] (Buddhism) One who has reached the highest degree of saintship, so that in his next incarnation he will be a Buddha, or savior of the world. -- Bo"dhi*sat`ship, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]