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"maitreya" has 2 results

maitreya: masculine vocative singular stem: maitreya

maitreya: neuter vocative singular stem: maitreya

Monier-Williams Search

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maitreya

mfn. (fr. maitri-) friendly, benevolent

m. (fr. mitrayu-

) patronymic of kauṣārava-

m. of glāva-

(according to to Scholiast or Commentator metron. fr. mitrā-)

m. of various other men

m. Name of a bodhi-sattva- and future buddha- (the 5th of the present age)

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m. of the vidūṣaka- in the mṛc-chakaṭikā-

m. of a grammarian (equals -rakṣita-)

m. of a particular mixed caste (equals maitreyaka-)

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maitreya	मैत्रेय a. (-यी f.) Relating to a friend, friendly. -यः N. of a mixed tribe.

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maitreya	a. benevolent; m. pat. or met. of various men; a mixed caste; N. of a jester: -ka, m. a mixed caste.

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maitreya	Is the patronymic or metronymic of Kauṣārava in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa. It is also applied to Glāva in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad.

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maitreya	noun (masculine) name of a Bodhisattva and future Buddha (the 5th of the present age) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a grammarian (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a particular mixed caste (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of Glāva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of the Vidūshaka in the Mṛcchakaṭikā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of various other men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) patr. of Kauṣārava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 4258/72933