bodʰisattu

Tocharian A

Alternative forms

• bodhisattu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva).

Noun

bodʰisattu

1. (Buddhism) a bodhisattva
   • Punyavanta Jataka^[1]

     tsraṣṣuneyo tämne neṣ praṣtaṃ Siddʰārtʰes lānt se Sarvārtʰasiddʰe bodʰisattu sāmudraṃ kārp, ñemiṣiṃ praṅkā yeṣ.

     By means of strength thus, at an earlier time, the son of king Siddhartha, the Bodhisattva Sarvarthasiddha descended upon the ocean. He went to the island of jewels.