boddhisatva

English Thesaurus

1. Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	deity, divinity, god, immortal,
definition	:	any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	maitreya,
definition	:	the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	avalokiteshvara, avalokitesvara,
definition	:	a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people (noun.person)