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mahasattva

mahasattva noun: a bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.

Noun

mahasattva (plural mahasattvas)

  1. A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
  2. A "great bodhisattva", one explicitly defined by their devotion to salvation of all beings through bodhicitta.

mahasattva meaning in Marathi and Kannada

mahasattva in Marathi

bodhisattva
महासत्त्व mahāsattva

mahasattva in Kannada

ಮಹಾಸತ್ವ

Synonyms of mahasattva

Forms of mahasattva

pluralmahasattvas

Origin of mahasattva

From Sanskrit महासत्त्व (mahāsattva, “a great creature, great being”).

Questions about mahasattva

What does mahasattva mean?
Mahasattva means a bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
What is mahasattva in Marathi?
Mahasattva in Marathi is महासत्त्व (mahāsattva). See Mahasattva meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is mahasattva?
Mahasattva is a noun.
What is the plural of mahasattva?
The plural of mahasattva is mahasattvas.

Words near mahasattva in the dictionary

  1. Maharlika
  2. Mahars
  3. Mahasamghika
  4. Mahasamund
  5. Mahasanghika
  6. mahasattva
  7. mahasattvas
  8. mahaseer
  9. mahaseers
  10. Mahaska
  11. Mahaska County

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mahasattva (page history and authors); mahasattva (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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