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(Buddhism) Short for 菩提薩埵 (bodai-satta): a bodhisattva / (obsolete) a title granted by the imperial court to notably virtuous high-ranking monks
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菩薩
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Source Word
菩薩
Hiragana
ぼさつ
Noun
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obsolete
archaic
colloquial
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Japanese Meaning
悟りを求めつつも、自らの成仏を後回しにして衆生を救済しようとする存在。また、そのような理想を体現する修行者や仏教上の尊称。 / （日本仏教史）徳行・学徳に優れた高位の僧に、朝廷から特別に授けられた称号。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ぶっきょうで、さとりをめざし、ひとをたすけるひと。むかし、くにがりっぱなたかいくらいのおぼうさんにあたえたなまえでもある。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
佛教：菩提萨埵；发愿度众生的修行者 / （日本史·旧）朝廷赐予德行卓著高僧的称号
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（佛教）菩提薩埵的略稱；發菩提心、利益眾生的修行者 / （日本古代）朝廷授與德行高僧的稱號（古用）
Korean Meaning
(불교) 깨달음을 추구하며 중생을 구제하는 존재 / (옛) 덕망 높은 고위 승려에게 조정이 내리던 칭호
Indonesian
(Buddhisme) bodhisatwa; makhluk welas asih yang menolong semua makhluk menuju pencerahan / (arkais) gelar kehormatan istana kekaisaran bagi bhiksu tinggi yang sangat berbudi
Vietnamese Meaning
(Phật giáo) Bồ‑tát; người nguyện giác ngộ và cứu độ chúng sinh / (Cổ) Danh hiệu do triều đình ban cho các cao tăng đức hạnh
Tagalog Meaning
(Budismo) bodhisattva; nilalang na naghahangad ng kaliwanagan at tumutulong sa iba / (lipas) titulong iginagawad ng korte imperyal sa lubhang matuwid na mongheng mataas ang ranggo
Sense（1）
(Buddhism) Short for 菩提薩埵 (bodai-satta): a bodhisattva
Sense（2）
(obsolete) a title granted by the imperial court to notably virtuous high-ranking monks
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(archaic) a title applied to native Shinto deities after the spread of 本地垂迹 (honji suijaku, theological position prevalent until the Meiji period, explaining that Buddhist deities from India choose to appear in Japan as native kami)
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in gagaku circles, a dancer dressed up as a bodhisattva
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(colloquial) Synonym of 米 (kome): rice grains
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(by extension) a maidservant who cooks rice
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