bodhi

See also: Bodhi

English

Alternative forms

• bodai

Etymology

From Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi). Doublet of synonymous bodai, which came via Japanese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊdi/, /ˈbɒdi/
• Rhymes: -əʊdi, -ɒdi

Noun

bodhi (usually uncountable, plural bodhis)

1. (Buddhism) The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana.

Derived terms

• bodhi tree

Related terms

• bodhisattva

Translations

enlightenment

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菩提 (zh) (pútí)

• Finnish: valaistus (fi)
• Japanese: 菩提 (ja) (ぼだい, bodai)
• Korean: 보리 (ko) (bori)
• Lao: ໂພທິ (phō thi)
• Marathi: बोधि (bodhi)
• Mongolian: бодь (mn) (bodʹ)
• Sanskrit: बोधि (sa) m (bodhi)
• Shan: ၽေႃးထီး (pháu thíi)
• Spanish: bodhi m
• Thai: โพธิ (th)
• Tibetan: བྱང་ཆུབ (byang chub)
• Vietnamese: bồ đề

Anagrams

• dhobi

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• बोधि (Devanagari script)
• বোধি (Bengali script)
• බොධි (Sinhalese script)
• ဗောဓိ or ၿေႃꩪိ (Burmese script)
• โพธิ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩮᩣᨵᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂພຘິ (Lao script)
• ពោធិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄮𑄙𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bawdʰíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bawdʰíš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake”).

Noun

bodhi f

1. supreme knowledge

Declension

Declension table of "bodhi" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bodhi	bodhiyo or bodhī
Accusative (second)	bodhiṃ	bodhiyo or bodhī
Instrumental (third)	bodhiyā	bodhīhi or bodhībhi
Dative (fourth)	bodhiyā	bodhīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bodhiyā or bodhyā	bodhīhi or bodhībhi
Genitive (sixth)	bodhiyā	bodhīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bodhiyā or bodhiyaṃ or bodhyaṃ	bodhīsu
Vocative (calling)	bodhi	bodhiyo or bodhī

Proper noun

bodhi f

1. (Buddhism) the Bodhi Tree, i.e. the specific fig tree under which the Buddha sat when he attained enlightenment; the descendant of that tree on the same spot at Bodh Gaya.

Derived terms

• mahābodhi

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဗောဓိ (bau:dhi.)
• → Thai: โพธิ
• → Thai: โพธิ์

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bodhi”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead