"bodhicitta" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”), from बोधि (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”) + चित्त (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰewdʰ-}}, {{root|en|sa|बुध्}}, {{bor|en|sa|बोधिचित्त|lit=mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening}} Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”), {{m|sa|बोधि||awakening, enlightenment}} बोधि (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”), {{m|sa|चित्त||mind, spirit, reason|tr=cittá}} चित्त (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bodhicitta (uncountable)
  1. In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-bodhicitta-en-noun-5VP~sJhX Disambiguation of Buddhism: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 97 3
  2. The bodhisattva path to nirvana. Tags: uncountable Translations (bodhisattva path to nirvana): ဗောဓိစိတ္တ (bau:dhi.citta.) (Burmese), 菩提心 (pútíxīn) (Chinese), 道意 (Chinese), bodhicitta (Finnish), valaistumismieli (Finnish), бодь сэтгэл (bodʹ setgel) (Mongolian), bodicita [masculine] (Portuguese), бодхичи́тта (bodxičítta) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bodhicitta-en-noun-xKuZPELv Disambiguation of 'bodhisattva path to nirvana': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bhumi, buddha, Buddha-nature, enlightenment, nirvana, six perfections, sunyata, no-mind

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