Definition of Boddhisattva

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boddhisattva

bocks
bockwurst
bockwursts
boconcini
bocor
bocors
boda-boda
boda-bodas
bodach
bodachs
bodaciously
bodark
bodarks
bodder
boddhisattva (current term)
boddhisattvas
boddhisatva
boddle
boddles
bode
boded
bodeful
bodega
bodegas
bodement
bodements
bodes
bodge
bodge job

Literary usage of Boddhisattva

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1885)
"It appears that the former was an eminent boddhisattva, reading in the South of India ; the latter, merely a Bhikshu, or Ы-ggar, io North India. ..."

2. The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer by Edward Walford (1885)
"It appears that the former was an eminent boddhisattva, residing in the south of India ; the latter merely a Bhikshu, or beggar, in North India. ..."

3. An Analysis of Religious Belief by John Russell Amberley (1877)
"But the boddhisattva, deep in his meditations, was wholly unaffected. He fell asleep; and the women, baffled in their attempts and wearied out, ..."

4. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"By what cause Buddha came to get his present situation is that, when Buddha had been boddhisattva he made good cause to become Buddha. ..."

5. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1891)
"... who resided at Urga, a veritable paradise, was the sixteenth incarnation of Gautama, therefore a boddhisattva. He had the reputation of possessing ..."

6. Buddhist Art in India by Albert Grünwedel (1901)
"IMAGE OF A boddhisattva. Indian bronze inlaid with silver and copper. Height 7i inches. Original in Berlin Mus. servants, and above are eight small Buddha ..."

7. On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629-645 A.D. by Thomas Watters (1904)
"This Mahasattva was the Buddha in one of his numerous preparatory stages of existence as a boddhisattva. Other versions of the story give the number of the ..."

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