Bodhisattva

in Buddhism, a being who has developed a spontaneous wish and a compassionate mind to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings
Intangible religious_concept Q178149
Bodhisattva
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Bodhisattva

Summary

Bodhisattva is a religious concept[1]. Bodhisattva ranks in the top 1% of religious_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,664 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bodhisattva's instance of is recorded as religious concept[3].
  • Bodhisattva is a type of deity[4].
  • Bodhisattva's Commons category is recorded as Bodhisattvas[5].
  • Bodhisattva's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bodhisattvas[6].
  • Bodhisattva's Commons gallery is recorded as Bodhisattva[7].
  • Bodhisattva's facet of is recorded as Buddhism[8].
  • Bodhisattva's described by source is recorded as A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms[9].
  • Bodhisattva's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[10].
  • Bodhisattva's topic has template is recorded as Template:Bodhisattvas[11].
  • Bodhisattva's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/tags/bodhisattva[12].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pi', 'text': '𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢'}[13].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'बोधिसत्त्व'}[14].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'বোধিসত্ত্ব'}[15].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'si', 'text': 'බෝධිසත්ත්ව'}[16].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'โพธิสัตว์'}[17].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'my', 'text': 'ဗောဓိသတ်'}[18].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'bo', 'text': 'བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་'}[19].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '菩提薩埵'}[20].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '菩薩'}[21].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '菩提萨埵'}[22].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '菩萨'}[23].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '菩薩'}[24].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '菩提薩埵'}[25].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '보살'}[26].
  • Bodhisattva's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '보리살타'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Bodhisattva's instance of is recorded as religious concept[3]. Bodhisattva is a type of deity[4].

Why It Matters

Bodhisattva ranks in the top 1% of religious_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,664 views/month).[2] Bodhisattva has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Bodhisattva is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of Buddhism
    Instance of religious concept
    Has list list of bodhisattvas
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 1869373
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