བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ

Tibetan

Etymology

བྱང་ཆུབ (byang chub, “enlightenment, total perfection”) +‎ སེམས (sems, “mind”) +‎ དཔའ་བོ (dpa' bo, “hero, spiritual warrior”)

Noun

བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ • (byang chub sems dpa')

1. bodhisattva (derived from Sanskrit) One who vows to forgo and does forgo nirvana to work in samsara for the benefit of all sentient beings.