English
Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya, “friendly, benevolent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈtɹaɪ.ə/
- Rhymes: -aɪə
Proper noun
Maitreya
- (Buddhism) A bodhisattva who is considered to be a future Buddha.
- (Hinduism) A sage of ancient India.
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
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See also
References
- Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, p. 469.