Associations to the word «Maitreya»

Wiktionary

MAITREYA, proper noun. A bodhisattva who is considered, in Buddhism, to be a future Buddha.

Dictionary definition

MAITREYA, noun. The Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama.

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