Scholarly Name Reference
of the principal Buddha of the present era (before he became a Buddha), Śiś., Sch.; L.
Scholarly reference for Bodhisattva
बोधिसत्त्व
The name in its original Devanagari form. बोधिसत्त्व → Bodhisattva. Sanskrit Bodhisattva is written in Devanagari as बोधिसत्त्व · IAST transliteration maps each Devanagari vowel and consonant to a Latin equivalent · Macrons mark long vowels (ā, ī, ū); dots beneath consonants mark retroflex articulation (ṭ, ḍ, ṇ, ṣ)
BODDHISATTVA
This name is already attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode form Bodhisattva is identical to ASCII apart from capitalization, so no diacritic, stress, or script information was erased.
Bodhisattva
Because the name is already in Latin letters, the Unicode restoration does not add diacritics or change the script. Its value here is canonical spelling and consistent cataloguing, not the recovery of lost marks.
The name carries more than one valid sense. The primary sense is the figure or role; the etymology is the older linguistic root.
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How boddhisattva becomes Bodhisattva
| Step | ASCII | Unicode | Type | Scholarly Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | b | → | B | Same | Same, capitalized |
| 02 | o | → | o | Same | Same |
| 03 | d | → | d | Same | Same |
| 04 | d | → | h | Special | Special character |
| 05 | h | → | i | Special | Special character |
| 06 | i | → | s | Special | Special character |
| 07 | s | → | a | Special | Special character |
| 08 | a | → | t | Special | Special character |
| 09 | t | → | t | Same | Same |
| 10 | t | → | v | Special | Special character |
| 11 | v | → | a | Special | Special character |
| 12 | a | → | Drop | Dropped |
Why Bodhisattva is classified as Tier-2 Basic
The Ancient name बोधिसत्त्व is attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode restoration is identical to ASCII, so no diacritic or script recovery is needed. It is catalogued as a single-tier Tier-2 name because the scholarly form carries no stress or length marks.
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