बोधिसत्त्व
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[edit] Sanskrit
[edit] Noun
बोधिसत्त्व (bodhi-sattva) m.
- bodhisattva
- "one whose essence is perfect knowledge", one who is on the way to the attainment of perfect knowledge (i.e. a Buddhist saint) when he has only one birth to undergo before obtaining the state of a supreme Buddha and then nirvāṇa
- name of the principal Buddha of the present era (before he became a Buddha)
- name of a poet
[edit] Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of बोधिसत्त्व
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | बोधिसत्त्वः (bodhisattvaḥ) | बोधिसत्त्वौ (bodhisattvau) | बोधिसत्त्वाः (bodhisattvāḥ) |
| Vocative | बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva) | बोधिसत्त्वौ (bodhisattvau) | बोधिसत्त्वाः (bodhisattvāḥ) |
| Accusative | बोधिसत्त्वम् (bodhisattvam) | बोधिसत्त्वौ (bodhisattvau) | बोधिसत्त्वान् (bodhisattvān) |
| Instrumental | बोधिसत्त्वेन (bodhisattvena) | बोधिसत्त्वाभ्याम् (bodhisattvābhyām) | बोधिसत्त्वैः (bodhisattvaiḥ) |
| Dative | बोधिसत्त्वाय (bodhisattvāya) | बोधिसत्त्वाभ्याम् (bodhisattvābhyām) | बोधिसत्त्वेभ्यः (bodhisattvebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | बोधिसत्त्वात् (bodhisattvāt) | बोधिसत्त्वाभ्याम् (bodhisattvābhyām) | बोधिसत्त्वेभ्यः (bodhisattvebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | बोधिसत्त्वस्य (bodhisattvasya) | बोधिसत्त्वयोः (bodhisattvayoḥ) | बोधिसत्त्वानाम् (bodhisattvānām) |
| Locative | बोधिसत्त्वे (bodhisattve) | बोधिसत्त्वयोः (bodhisattvayoḥ) | बोधिसत्त्वेषु (bodhisattveṣu) |
[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
