…in such contexts as “in the days before my Awakening, when I was only a Bodhisatta”. MN.i.17 MN.i.114 MN.i.163 DN.ii.13 MN.iii.119

…the designation ‘Bodhisatta’ is given only to Prince Siddhattha before his enlightenment and to his former existences. The Buddha…

The Bodhisatta, born as a brahmin teacher. In the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iv.136–138 we are told that among Araka’s pupils those who followed his…

…so great was his faith.

The Bodhisatta, who at the time of Ghaṭīkāra was a young brahmin named Jotipāla, was the friend of Ghaṭīkāra but…

Jotipāla¹

The Bodhisatta born as a brahmin of Vehaliṅga in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Ghaṭīkāra was his friend and invited…

…time of Kassapa Buddha, the Bodhisatta was a brahmin youth named Jotipāla who, afterwards, coming under the influence of Ghaṭīkāra, became a…

KhattiyānīVelāmikā

Chief of the eighty-four thousand women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146 DN.ii.188

…mentioned by name are Bharaṇḍu-Kālāma, who was once a co-disciple of the Bodhisatta, and Āḷāra-Kālāma, the teacher of Gotama…

The Bodhisatta born as king of Kusāvati. DN.ii.169ff.

…said that they had been the Bodhisatta’s parents for five hundred births and his near relations for many more. The Buddha preached to them and…

…said that they had been the Bodhisatta’s parents for five hundred births and his near relations for many more. The Buddha preached to them and…

…was a puṇḍarīka.

• The Bodhisatta was Arindama, king of Paribhutta.
• Abhibhū and Sambhava were his chief disciples among monks.
• Akhila and…

…is the rule for all Bodhisattas to be born in Tusita in their last life but one. The inhabitants of Tusita were present at the Mahāsamaya….

…The place chosen by the Bodhisatta for his penances was called Senānigama.

From Uruvelā the Buddha went to Isipatana, but after, he had made…

…monks who practiced with the Bodhisatta before his Awakening, and who were his first monastic followers. Vappa was disappointed when the Buddha…

…the Buddha (when he was a bodhisatta); the name of one of the nine categories (aṅgas) of the scriptures; one of the collections making up…

Enlightenment: bodhi - The 7 elements of e.: bojjhanga - A being destined for e.: Bodhisatta.

…brought to maturity by the Bodhisatta in his past existences, and his way of practising them is illustrated in many of the Birth Stories Jātaka,…

…Bodhisatto,“ or “our Bodhisatta” of the Buddhist Texts (e.g. Vism.419 (imasmiṃ kappe ayam eva Bhagavā Bodhisatta-bhūto); DN-a.i.259…

…“the great being or a Bodhisatta Vv-a.137 (variant reading SS. bodhisatta). [Cp BSk. mahāsattva, e.g. Jtm.32]. *…

…nobody “from hell to heaven” (Ja.vi.354) can answer it except the Bodhisatta. Cp. Trenckner’s remark Mil.422.

fr. meṇḍa

…itthiyo); Snp-a.52 (˚bodhisatta one destined to become a Paccekabuddha), Snp-a.67 (id.), Snp-a.73 (˚sambodhi), Snp-a.476 (niraya a…

…-bodhisatta a limited Bodhisatta Kv.283 (cp. Kvu translation 139³, 166²). *…

…10 principal virtues by a Bodhisatta, viz. dāna˚, sīla˚, nekkhamma˚, paññā˚ viriya˚, khanti˚, sacca˚, adhiṭṭhāna˚, mettā˚,…

…deva Snp-a.484); name of a Bodhisatta Ja.v.12, Ja.v.13 surakaññā a goddess, a heavenly maid Ja.v.407 (= devadhītā, C.); surinda the king of…

…“Righteous” Mil.202 (= Bodhisatta) Puṇṇaka “Full(-moon?)” Ja.vi.255 sq. (a leader of soldiers, nephew of Vessavaṇa). Māra the…