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Definition of Maitreya
1. Noun. The Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama.
Definition of Maitreya
1. Proper noun. A bodhisattva who is considered, in Buddhism, to be a future Buddha. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maitreya
Literary usage of Maitreya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buddhist Art in India by Albert Grünwedel (1901)
"Gandhara period, alongside Gautama, Maitreya and Kasyapa in particular play ...
Ka^yapa lies uncorrupted in his stupa : when Maitreya shall appear on earth ..."
2. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1874)
"Maitreya arrives at the house of Vasanta-sdna, and delivers his message, ...
She then promises to visit Charudatta in the evening, and Maitreya departs with ..."
3. The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopædia of Universal Authorship edited by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"Ha, ha, ray friend, you are apt to say of me, that blockhead Maitreya, that
dunderhead Maitreya ; but it was a wise trick of mine to give the casket to you ..."
4. The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records by Paul Carus (1895)
"Maitreya. The Blessed One proceeded with a great company of the brethren to the
shala grove of the Mallas, ..."
5. On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629-645 A.D. by Thomas Watters (1905)
"In the three Meetings in which Maitreya will preach he will ordain the disciples
... Maitreya P'usa hearing these words of the Buddha rose from his seat and ..."
6. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1905)
"The pilgrim next tells of a tope at the place where, he says, Mei-ta-li-ya (Maitreya)
P'usa received from the Buddha the prophecy of his future attainment ..."
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