โพธิสัตว์(poh-tí-sàt)
Meanings
1NounC1
selfless helper (figurative)
a very compassionate person who sacrifices to help others (figurative extension)
Examples
พี่สาวpêe săaoพี่สาวpêe săaoolder sister; elder female siblingฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ใจjaiใจjai1heart; mind; feelings; spirit2kindness; compassion; generosity3courage; spirit; morale4intention; will; willingness5core; essence (in compounds)ดีมากdee mâakดีมากdee mâak1very good; excellent2Excellent!; Well done!3very wellใครๆkrai kraiใครๆkrai krai1everyone; people in general2anyone at all; just anyoneก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameเธอว่าter wâaเธอว่าter wâashe says/saidเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsโพธิสัตว์poh-tí-sàtโพธิสัตว์poh-tí-sàt1bodhisattva (Mahayana)2Buddha-to-be (Theravada)3selfless helper (figurative)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerโปรดbpròhtโปรดbpròht1please (formal/request)2favor; like; be fond of (formal)3favorite; preferred (formal modifier)
My older sister is very kind; everyone calls her a visiting bodhisattva.
2NounC2
bodhisattva (Mahayana)
a being on the path to Buddhahood who vows to help all sentient beings attain enlightenment (especially in Mahayana Buddhism)
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)พุทธศาสนานิกายมหายานpút-tá-sàat-sà-năa ní-gaai má-hăa yaanพุทธศาสนานิกายมหายานpút-tá-sàat-sà-năa ní-gaai má-hăa yaanMahayana Buddhismพระโพธิสัตว์prá-poh-tí-sàtพระโพธิสัตว์prá-poh-tí-sàtBodhisattvaคือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectผู้ที่pôo têeผู้ที่pôo têeperson who; those whoตั้งปณิธานdtâng bpà-ní-taanตั้งปณิธานdtâng bpà-ní-taan[to] make a vow; [to] resolveจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ช่วยเหลือchûuai-lĕuuaช่วยเหลือchûuai-lĕuua1[to] help; assist2aid; assistance; support3to rescue; to provide reliefสรรพสัตว์sàp-bpà-sàtสรรพสัตว์sàp-bpà-sàtall beings; all sentient creaturesให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitพ้นทุกข์pón túkพ้นทุกข์pón túk[to] be free from suffering
In Mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva is one who vows to help all sentient beings achieve liberation from suffering.
3NounC2
Buddha-to-be (Theravada)
the Buddha-to-be, especially Prince Siddhartha in his previous lives or before enlightenment (Theravada usage)
Examples
ชาดกchaa-dòkชาดกchaa-dòkJātaka tales; stories of the Buddha’s past livesเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesต่างๆdtàang-dtàangต่างๆdtàang-dtàangvarious; different; diverseเล่าถึงlâo tĕungเล่าถึงlâo tĕung[to] tell about [sth]; [to] narrateอดีตชาติà-dèet châatอดีตชาติà-dèet châatpast life; previous incarnationของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsพระพุทธเจ้าprá-pút-tá-jâoพระพุทธเจ้าprá-pút-tá-jâothe Buddha; the Enlightened Oneเมื่อครั้งmêuua krángเมื่อครั้งmêuua krángback when; at the time ofยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ทรงเป็นsong bpenทรงเป็นsong bpen[to] be; serve as (royal language)พระโพธิสัตว์บำเพ็ญบารมีprá-poh-tí-sàt bam-pen baa-rá-meeพระโพธิสัตว์บำเพ็ญบารมีprá-poh-tí-sàt bam-pen baa-rá-meebodhisattva cultivating perfections (pāramī)
The Jataka tales narrate the past lives of the Buddha when he was still a bodhisattva accumulating perfections.
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โพธิสัตว์poh-tí-sàtโพธิสัตว์poh-tí-sàtselfless helper (figurative)