済さい度ど

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

redemption; salvation

Buddhist term for delivering sentient beings from suffering and leading them to enlightenment. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to save' or 'to deliver'.

• 仏ほとけは衆しゅ生じょうを済さい度どするために教おしえを説といた。

  The Buddha preached the teachings to deliver sentient beings.