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    BODDHISATVA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help othersplay

    Synonyms:

    Boddhisatva; Bodhisattva

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    deity; divinity; god; 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)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Maitreya (the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama)

    Avalokiteshvara; Avalokitesvara (a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people)

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