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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bodhisat \Bo"dhi*sat\, Bodhisattva \Bo`dhi*satt"va\, Bodhisattwa
  \Bo`dhi*satt"wa\, n. [Skr. b[=o]dhisattva (perh. through Pali
     b[=o]dhisatt[=o]); fr. b[=o]dhi knowledge, enlightenment +
     sattva being, essence.] (Buddhism)
     One who has reached the highest degree of saintship, so that
     in his next incarnation he will be a Buddha, or savior of the


     world. -- {Bo"dhi*sat`ship}, n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

















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