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noun
A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
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noun
A "great bodhisattva", one explicitly defined by their devotion to salvation of all beings through bodhicitta.
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History
From Sanskrit महासत्त्व (mahāsattva, “a great creature, great being”).
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