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Bo·dhi·satt·va
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arhat
a Buddhist, esp a monk who has achieved enlightenment and at death passes to nirvana -
avalokitesvara
a male Bodhisattva, widely revered and identified with various persons and gods. -
bo tree
the sacred fig tree ( peepul) of Buddhism: Gautama is believed to have received heavenly inspiration under such a tree -
karuna
the universal compassion of a Bodhisattva. -
manjusri
a Bodhisattva personifying wisdom. -
nirvana
(often initial capital letter). Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.