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In [[Buddhism]], a '''bodhisattva''' (<small>English:</small> {{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|oʊ|d|iː|ˈ|s|ʌ|t|v|ə}} {{respell|BOH|dee|SUT|və}}; {{lang-sa|बोधिसत्त्व|translit=Bodhisattva}}) or '''bodhisatva''' is a person who is on the path towards [[Enlightenment in Buddhism|bodhi]] ('awakening' or 'enlightenment') or [[Buddhahood]].<ref>Skilling, Peter (2021). ''Questioning the Buddha: A Selection of Twenty-Five Sutras'', Introduction, Simon and Schuster.</ref>
 
In the [[Early Buddhist schools]], as well as modern [[Theravada|Theravāda Buddhism]], bodhisattva ([[Pali|Pāli]]: ''bodhisatta'') refers to someone who has made a resolution to become a [[Buddha (title)|Buddha]] and has also received a confirmation or prediction from a living Buddha that this will be so.<ref name="Drewes-2017" />