资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bodhisat \Bo"dhi*sat\, Bodhisattva \Bo`dhi*satt"va\, Bodhisattwa
\Bo`dhi*satt"wa\, n. [Skr. b[=o]dhisattva (perh. through Pali
   b[=o]dhisatt[=o]); fr. b[=o]dhi knowledge, enlightenment +
   sattva being, essence.] (Buddhism)
   One who has reached the highest degree of saintship, so that
   in his next incarnation he will be a Buddha, or savior of the
   world. -- {Bo"dhi*sat`ship}, n.