Maitreya

English

Maitreya, a bodhisattva.

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya, “friendly, benevolent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈtɹaɪ.ə/
• Rhymes: -aɪə

Proper noun

Maitreya

1. (Buddhism) A bodhisattva who is considered to be a future Buddha.
2. (Hinduism) A sage of ancient India.

Related terms

• Maitreyan

Translations

bodhisattva

• Burmese: မေတ္တေယျဘုရား (metteyya.bhu.ra:), မေတ္တေယျ (metteyya.)
• Buryat: Майдари (Majdari)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彌勒菩薩 / 弥勒菩萨 (zh) (Mílè Púsà), 彌勒佛 / 弥勒佛 (zh) (Mílè Fó)

• Hindi: मैत्रेय बुद्ध (maitrey buddh)
• Japanese: 弥勒菩薩 (ja)
• Kalmyk: Мәәдр (Määdr)
• Khmer: សិអារ្យមេត្រី (seʼaayɔɔmeitrii), អរិយមេត្តយ្យ (ʼɑɑriimeittɑɑyyɔɔ)
• Korean: 미륵보살 (ko) (mireukbosal)
• Malayalam: മൈത്രേയൻ (ml) (maitrēyaṉ)
• Marathi: मैत्रेय (maitrey)
• Mongolian: Майдар (Majdar)
• Pali: Metteyya
• Punjabi: ਮੈਤਰਿਆ (maitriā)
• Russian: Майтре́я m (Majtréja)
• Sanskrit: मैत्रेय (sa) m (maitreya)
• Shan: ဢရီႉမိတ်ႈတေႇယႃႉ (ʼǎ rḭ̂i mīt tèe yâ̰a)
• Sinhalese: මෛත්‍රී බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ (maitrī budurajāṇan wahansē), මෛත්‍රී බුදුන් (maitrī budun)
• Tamil: மைத்திரேயர் (maittirēyar)
• Telugu: మైత్రేయుడు (maitrēyuḍu)
• Thai: พระศรีอริยเมตไตรย
• Tibetan: རྒྱལ་བ་བྱམས་པ (rgyal ba byams pa)
• Vietnamese: Di-lặc, Di Lặc Bồ Tát

See also

• Maitreya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, p. 469.