大だい聖しょう

noun

Buddha; the Great Sage

Honorific Buddhist term for the Buddha, emphasizing his supreme wisdom and virtue. Used in sutras and formal religious contexts.

• 経きょう典てんには「大だい聖しょう世せ尊そん」と記しるされている。

  The sutra records 'the Great Sage, the World-Honored One'.

noun

high-ranked bodhisattva; great bodhisattva

Refers to a bodhisattva of high spiritual attainment, often used in Mahayana texts. Less common than the Buddha sense.

• 観かん音のん菩ぼ薩さつは大だい聖しょうの一ひとつに数かぞえられる。

  Kannon Bodhisattva is counted among the great bodhisattvas.