Maitreya

English thumb|Maitreya, a bodhisattva. Etymology en sa मैत्रेय friendly, benevolent. Pronunciation en /məˈtɹaɪ.ə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Maitreya.wav Southern England en aɪə 3 Proper noun en Buddhism A bodhisattva who is considered to be a future Buddha. en 2006 Elizabeth Clare Prophet Maitreya on Initiation: The Coming Buddha Who Has Come 10 This is the significance of Maitreya's causal body, the abundant life of the Universal Christ. en Hinduism A sage of ancient India. Related terms Maitreyan Translations bodhisattva Bactrian: xbc Μετραγο Burmese: my မေတ္တေယျဘုရား, my မေတ္တေယျ Buryat: bua Майдари Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 彌勒菩薩 Mílè Púsà, cmn 彌勒佛 Mílè Fó Hindi: hi मैत्रेय m Japanese: ja 弥勒菩薩 Kalmyk: xal Мәәдр Khmer: km សិអារ្យមេត្រី, km អរិយមេត្តយ្យ Korean: ko 미륵보살 Malayalam: ml മൈത്രേയൻ Marathi: mr मैत्रेय Mongolian: mn Майдар Pali: pi Metteyya Punjabi: pa ਮੈਤਰਿਆ Russian: ru Майтре́я m Sanskrit: sa मैत्रेय m Shan: shn ဢရီႉမိတ်ႈတေႇယႃႉ Sinhalese: si මෛත්‍රී බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ, si මෛත්‍රී බුදුන් Tamil: ta மைத்திரேயர் Telugu: te మైత్రేయుడు Thai: th พระศรีอริยเมตไตรย Tibetan: bo རྒྱལ་བ་བྱམས་པ Vietnamese: vi Di-lặc, vi Di Lặc Bồ Tát 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. en Eschatology Bodhisattvas Buddhas