bodhi/ˈbəʊdi/EtymologyModern English usage from bodhi; influenced by characters in films and comics.nameA male given name from Sanskrit.“"I grew up in San Diego. My mother died of cancer when I was ten years old. She was a good and loving woman from what I remember, and she encouraged me to read a lot since she was a history teacher. She also had a great interest in eastern philosophy such as Buddhism. When I was born she named me Bodhi from the Buddhist idea of the Bodhisattva – a wise and compassionate being who delays his entran”nounThe state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana.