一切經音義 27.45

27.45

菩薩摩訶薩（菩提覺也慧也薩埵有情也勇健也方便也覺為智所求果有情悲所度生依弘誓語故名菩薩或求覺果之有情者之勇健者或由妙惠及善方便利樂無方故言菩薩摩訶薩埵云大有情簡求小覺及凡下位名摩訶薩也）。

Bodhisattva-mahāsattva: (Bodhi is awakening, wisdom; sattva is a sentient being, the courageous and heroic, or skillful means. Awakening is the fruit sought by knowledge; sentient beings are those ferried across by compassion; being named based on their vast vows, they are called 'bodhisattva'. Or [it means] 'a sentient being who seeks the fruit of awakening', or 'a courageous hero among them'. Or, because through wondrous wisdom and skillful means they benefit and gladden [others] without limit, they are called 'bodhisattva'. Mahāsattva means 'great sentient being', distinguished from those who seek the lesser awakening and those in ordinary, lower ranks; hence named 'mahāsattva').