ぼさつ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
Buddhist
1. bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha
2. High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
3. title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Buddha-like compassion
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen; Puxian
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
buddhas and bodhisattvas
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)
Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)
image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)