बोधि

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[edit] Sanskrit

[edit] Noun

बोधि (bodhi) m.

  1. (also feminine gender) (Buddhism, Jainism) bodhi: perfect knowledge or wisdom (by which a man becomes a buddha or jina), the illuminated or enlightened intellect (of a Buddha or jina) (Kathās., Rājat., Śatr., Lalit.)
  2. the tree of wisdom under which perfect wisdom is attained or under which a man becomes a buddha, the sacred fig-tree: Ficus Religiosa (Hcat.)
  3. "wakener", a cock (L.)
  4. name of a man (= Buddha in a former birth) (Jātakam.)
  5. name of a mythical elephant (Lalit.)
  6. name of a place (L.)
  7. (in plural) name of a people (R.)

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[edit] Adjective

बोधि (bodhi)

  1. learned, wise (Uṇ. IV, 117)

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[edit] References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0734