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Noun: Bodhisattva  `bow-di'sat-wa
  1. Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
    - Boddhisatva

Derived forms: Bodhisattvas

Type of: deity, divinity, god, immortal

Encyclopedia: Bodhisattva