bodhisattva
noun
bo·dhi·satt·va
ˌbō-di-ˈsət-və
-ˈsät-
variants
or boddhisattva
: a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others and is worshipped as a deity in Mahayana Buddhism
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