If you are looking for the earliest text in literature, you may want to look at Bhikkhu Analayo's book, Origins of the Bodhisattva Ideal. I believe you can download it from his website. He is very thorough.
J

On Nov 26, 2015, at 7:07 AM, Valerie Roebuck <vjroebuck@btinternet.com> wrote:

As ‘Bodhisaco', in an inscription on a Mathura (c. 2nd century) sculpture of the Buddha (rather than what we would call a Bodhisattva).

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3250056.pdf?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK



On 26 Nov 2015, at 11:04, alakendu das <mailmealakendudas@rediffmail.com> wrote:



To All,

Can anybody refer the text where the word Boddhisatta appears for the first time?


ALAKENDU DAS
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