Mahasattva

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
  2. 2
    A "great bodhisattva", one explicitly defined by their devotion to salvation of all beings through bodhicitta.

Etymology

From Sanskrit महासत्त्व (mahāsattva, “a great creature, great being”).

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