n. A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
n. A "great bodhisattva", one explicitly defined by their devotion to salvation of all beings through bodhicitta.
Word Usage
"Shariputra and noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, that whole assembly and the world with its gods, humans, asuras [jealous gods], and gandharvas"