བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ
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Tibetan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
བྱང་ཆུབ (byang chub, “enlightenment, total perfection”) + སེམས (sems, “mind”) + དཔའ་བོ (dpa' bo, “hero, spiritual warrior”)
Noun[edit]
བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ • (byang chub sems dpa')
- bodhisattva (derived from Sanskrit) One who vows to forgo and does forgo nirvana to work in samsara for the benefit of all sentient beings.