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Chinese
Etymology
Short for 摩訶薩埵／摩诃萨埵 (móhēsàduǒ) from Sanskrit महासत्त्व (mahāsattva, “great creature; great being”).
Pronunciation
Noun
摩訶薩
- (Buddhism) bodhisattva
- (Buddhism) mahasattva, a "great bodhisattva", one explicitly defined by their devotion to bodhicitta
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