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bodhisattva /bodhɪˈsat/ A2557     †[Mod. Khmer ពោធិសត្វ bodhisatva /pothɪˈsat/;1 Sanskrit bodhisattva `a Buddhist saint when he has only one birth to undergo before obtaining the state of a supreme Buddha and then Nirvāṇa', < bodhi, + sattva `a living or sentient being']. definitions 1 n. An `enlightened being' who foregoes nirvāṇa in order to lead others to salvation. references K.294:2 (A.D. 1178-1277?, C III:197), hapax. notes 1 See Headley, 843b.