bodhi
See also: Bodhi
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Etymology edit
From Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi). Doublet of synonymous bodai, which came via Japanese.
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Noun edit
bodhi (usually uncountable, plural bodhis)
- (Buddhism) The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana.
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enlightenment
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bawdʰíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bawdʰíš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake”).
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bodhi f
- supreme knowledge
Declension edit
Declension table of "bodhi" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | bodhi | bodhiyo or bodhī |
Accusative (second) | bodhiṃ | bodhiyo or bodhī |
Instrumental (third) | bodhiyā | bodhīhi or bodhībhi |
Dative (fourth) | bodhiyā | bodhīnaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | bodhiyā or bodhyā | bodhīhi or bodhībhi |
Genitive (sixth) | bodhiyā | bodhīnaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | bodhiyā or bodhiyaṃ or bodhyaṃ | bodhīsu |
Vocative (calling) | bodhi | bodhiyo or bodhī |
Proper noun edit
bodhi f
- (Buddhism) the Bodhi Tree, i.e. the specific fig tree under which the Buddha sat when he attained enlightenment; the descendant of that tree on the same spot at Bodh Gaya.
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- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bodhi”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead