bodhicitta
noun
Meaning
- In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
- The bodhisattva path to nirvana.
Etymology / origin
From Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”), from बोधि (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”) + चित्त (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason”).
- बोधिचित्त(sa)→
- बुध्(Sanskrit)→
- *bʰewdʰ-(ine-pro)→
- bodhicitta (English)
- Relations: root, root, bor
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