開士
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Chinese[edit]
open; operate (vehicle); start | scholar; warrior; knight | ||
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trad. (開士) | 開 | 士 | |
simp. (开士) | 开 | 士 |
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva, “enlightened person”). Displaced by the transliteration 菩薩/菩萨 (púsà) in later translations.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
開士
Further reading[edit]
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “開士” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].