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Boddhisatva
DEFINITIONS OF:
Boddhisatva
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n
Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
Synonyms:
Bodhisattva
Examples:
Maitreya
the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama
Avalokiteshvara
a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people
Example of:
deity
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divinity
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god
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immortal
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
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