मैत्रेय (maitreya)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 मैत्रेय mfn.
   (-यः-यी-यं) Of or relating to a friend.
	 m.
  (-यः)
	 1. A man of
a mixed caste,  the son of a Vaideha by an Ayogava mother: his
business is to announce the hours in verse.
	 2. The seventh Bud-
dha,  or one still to come.
	 3. The name of a saint or Muni,  the
disciple of PARĀSARA,  to whom the Vishṇu Purāna is narra-
ted.
 E.
  मित्र a proper name,  or मित्र a friend,  and ढक् aff.
   of descent
or relation. 

Capeller Eng

English

 मैत्रेय a.
  benevolent,  kind
 m.
  & f.
  ई patron.  of sev.
 
men & women,  m.
  also = seq.
 

Yates

English

 मैत्रेय (यः-यी-यं)
a. Of a friend.
m.
 
A sage
 a man of mixed caste.

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

मैत्रेय 	-	 maitreya 	-	 adj.
  	-	  friendly
मैत्रेय 	-	 maitreya 	-	 adj.
  	-	  benevolent
मैत्रेय 	-	 maitreya 	-	 m.
  	-	  important Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism

Wilson

English

 मैत्रेय
mfn.
   (-यः-यी-यं) Of or relating to a friend.
m.
  (-यः)
1 A man of a mixed caste,  the son of a Vaideha by an Ayogava mother:
his business is to announce the hours in verse.
2 The seventh Buddha,  or one still to come.
3 The name of a saint or Muni,  the disciple of PARĀŚARA,  to whom the
Viṣṇu Purāṇa is narrated.
E.
  मित्र a proper name,  or मित्र a friend,  and ढक् aff.
   of descent
or relation. 

Apte

English

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

Apte 1890

English

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

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 मैत्रेय mfn.
   (fr.  मैत्रि) friendly,  benevolent,  MBh.
  

 मैत्रेय m.
  (fr.  मित्रयु,  Pāṇ.
  vi,  4,  174) patr. of Kauṣārava,  AitBr.
  

 of Glāva,  ChUp.
    (accord.  to Sch. metron.  fr.
  मित्रा)

 of various other men,  MBh.
  
 Pur.

 N.
  of a Bodhi-sattva and future Buddha (the 5th of the present age),  Lalit.
   (MWB.  181 &c.
  )

 of the Vidūṣaka in the Mṛc-chakaṭikā

 of a grammarian (=  -रक्षित),  Cat.
 

 of a partic.  mixed caste (=  मैत्रेयक),  Kull.
  on Mn.
   x,  33

Monier Williams 1872

English

 मैत्रेय,  अस्,  ई,  अम् (fr. मैत्री),  friendly,  re-
lating to a friend,  benevolent
 (अस्),  m. (fr. मि-
त्रयु),  a patronymic of Kauṣārava
 of Glāva, 
(according to a Scholiast a metronymic fr. मित्रा)
N. of a Bodhi-sattva and future Buddha
 of the
Vidūṣaka in the Mṛc-chakaṭikā
 of a grammarian
(= मैत्रेय-रक्षित)
 a particular mixed caste, 
= मैत्रेयक
 (ई),  f.,  N. of an Upaniṣad (pro-
bably as composed by Maitri)
 of the wife of Yājña-
valkya
 of certain other women.
—मैत्रेय-रक्-
षित,  अस्,  m.,  N. of a grammarian.
—मैत्रेय-
वन,  अम्,  n.,  N. of a forest.
—मैत्रेय-सूत्र, 
अम्,  n.,  N. of a Sūtra work.

Macdonell

English

 मैत्रेय maitr-eya,  a.
  benevolent
 m.
  pat. or 🞄met. of various men
 a.
  mixed caste
 N. of 🞄a jester
 -ka,  m.
  a mixed caste.

Benfey

English

 मैत्रेय मैत्रेय,  i. e. मित्र + एय (cf. 
मित्त्र).
 I. adj.
  Relating to a friend.
 II. m.
 
 1. The son of a Vaideha by
an Ayogava female.
 2. A proper name.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

मैत्रेय
वि* - "मैत्रे मित्रतायां साधुः,  मैत्र + ढञ्"
"दोस्त या मित्र से संबंध रखने वाला,  दोस्ताना"

मैत्रेयः
पुं*
  - -
एक वर्णसंकर जाति का नाम

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

मैत्रेय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಒಬ್ಬ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರ್ಷಿ
विस्तारः - > ಈ ಋಷಿಯು ಪರಾಶರಮುನಿಯಿಂದ ಶ್ರೀವಿಷ್ಣುಪುರಾಣವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡನು.
मैत्रेय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಬುದ್ಧದೇವನ ಅನುಯಾಯಿ
मैत्रेय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಒಬ್ಬ ಮಿಶ್ರಜಾತಿಯವನು

L R Vaidya

English

 mEtreya {% (I) a. (f. यी) %} Relating to a friend,  friendly.

 mEtreya {% (II) m. %} Name of a mixed caste.

Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

English

 मैत्रेयरक्षित sometimes called merely मैत्रेय or रक्षित
		Tantrapradīpa or Anunyāsa,  a C. on Jinendra-
buddhi's Kāśikāvivaraṇapañjikā. See Kāśikāvṛtti.
		Dhātupradīpa. He quotes Nyāsakāra,  Dhātupārā-
yaṇa,  Rūpāvatāra.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 Maitreya, 
(1) also Maitriya m.c.,  and Maitraka,  Maitra-nātha,  °nāman,  and perh. Maitrīya,  qq.v.
 (= Pali Metteyya),  n. of the next Buddha to follow Śākyamuni,  predicted by him
 has special ep. Ajita,  q.v.: SP 〔3.9〕
 〔7.4 ff.〕
 〔302.11,  16〕
 〔307.11〕
 〔308.1〕
 〔309.1〕
 〔310.13〕
 〔311.1〕
 〔312.13〕
 〔315.5〕
 〔316.12〕
 〔327.2〕
 〔329.11〕
 〔332.5〕
 〔345.1 ff.〕
 〔478.11〕
 Mv 〔i.59.2〕 (etc.,  see Senartʼs Index)
 〔iii.240.11 ff.〕
 〔243.19〕
 〔246.16〕
 〔247.15〕
 〔330.8〕
 LV 〔2.10〕 (first of a list of Bodhisattvas)
 〔39.2 ff.〕
 〔422.7,  11〕
 〔443.7〕
 〔444.12〕
 Mvy 〔646〕 (= Tib. byams pa,  second in a list,  after Avalokiteśvara)
 Divy 〔60.25 ff.〕 (prediction of his history)
 〔326.10〕 (in an earlier existence gave his life for a tigress)
 Av 〔ii.176.3〕
 Suv 〔117.5〕 (M°-prabhṛtīnāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ)
 〔157.19〕
 〔239.6〕 (here Maitriyo,  m.c.
 v.l. Maitrayo)
 Śikṣ 〔15.13〕 etc.
 Dharmas 〔12〕 (first of 8 Bodhisattvas)
 Sukh 〔2.13〕 (M°-pūrvaṃgamaiś ca saṃbahulair bodhisattvair)
 Karmav 〔71.22〕
 Mmk 〔40.14〕
 〔62.16〕,  etc.
 Sādh 〔20.8〕 etc.
 as the first in a long list of future Buddhas Gv 〔441.23〕
 as the first of a much shorter list,  not over ten,  Mv 〔ii.354.17〕 = 〔iii.279.1〕,  most of the names being found at the beginning of the Gv list,  which is evidently an enormous expansion of an old traditional list
 even the order is nearly the same
 Maitreya is succeeded by Siṃha,  then Pradyota,  Ketu (these two are interchanged in the Mv order),  Sunetra [Page440-b] (in Mv preceded by Jyotiṃdhara or Jyotīvara,  or the like,  which Gv lacks),  Kusuma and Kusumaśrī (in Mv these two are represented by ‘two Kusumas’),  Tiṣya (so Gv,  prob. unorig.
 T. regularly precedes P. in lists of past Buddhas
 Mv has instead Meru or Maru),  Puṣya (Mv Puṣpa)
 here the Mv list ends. In Mv 〔iii.279.19—20〕 there follows a reference to the four Buddhas of ‘this bhadrakalpa’,  still put in the future
 these two lines seem to be a secondary addition of Mv 〔iii.279〕,  being not found in the parallel 〔ii.355〕
 because of them Senart,  〔iii〕 Introd. 〔XXVI note 1〕,  attributes the whole list to the past,  which is scarcely conceivable with a list headed by Maitreya,  and is disproved by the Gv parallel
 in Gv 〔456.19〕 introductory to long chapter on M°,  Gv 〔466.15 ff.〕,  special glorification of him
(2) n. of a brahmanical gotra (sg. as n. of various persons in Skt.): pl. Divy 〔635.12〕.

वैजयन्तीकोषः

Sanskrit

Word: मैत्रेयः
Root: मैत्रेय
Gender: पुं
Number: all
अर्थः ⇒ 
Meaning(s):
⇒ Son of a Vaidēhaka and an Āyōavī
Shloka(s):
3|5|34|2 ► आयोगवी तु मैत्रैयं पुल्कसी कणकुक्कुटम्॥ (भूमिकाण्डः/मनुष्याध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 3|5|34|2 ⇢ मैत्रेयः (मैत्रेय) (पुं) ⇒ Son of a Vaidēhaka and an Āyōavī ⇒ 
Related word(s):
isa_k ➡ वैदेहपुत्राः स्युः नानायोषित्समुद्भवाः
    

Mahabharata

English

Maitreya^1,  one or more ṛshis. § 264 (Sabhākriyāp.): II,  4,  105 (waited upon Yudhishṭhira).--§ 315 (Maitreyaśāpa): III,  10,  349 (ṛshiḥ),  352,  (356),  363,  (364),  373,  376,  378,  (381),  382,  (383),  384 (cursed Duryodhana,  who had slighted him,  to have his thigh smashed by Bhīmasena).--§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX,  60,  3357 (ºeṇābhiśaptaś ca pūrvam eva maharshiṇā,  all. to § 315).--§ 637 (Rājadh.): XII,  47,  1593 (among the ṛshis who surrounded Bhīshma).--§ 763b (Maitreyabhikshā): XIII,  120,  5794 (ºsya ca saṃvādaṃ Kṛshṇa-Dvaipāyanasya ca),  5795,  5796,  5798
 121,  5821,  (5822),  5823,  (5824)
 122,  5838,  5853,  5856,  5857 (discourse with Vyāsa).

Maitreya^2 = Sūrya: III,  157.

पुराणम्

English

मैत्रेय / MAITREYA. A sage of great brilliance of ancient india.1) Genealogy.   Descending in order from viṣṇu:-brahmā--atri--candra--budha--purūravas--āyus-anenas--pratikṣatra--sṛñjaya--jaya--vijaya--kṛti-haryaśva--sahadeva--Nadīna--jayasena--Saṅkṛti-Kṣatradharmā--Sumagotra--śala--Ārṣṭiṣena--Kośa-dīrghatapas--dhanvantari--ketumān--bhīmaratha-divodāsa--maitreya.
somapa was born as the son of maitreya.2) Other details.  (i)  Once maitreya went to hastināpura and told duryodhana that he should behave kindly to the pāṇḍavas. duryodhana who did not much relish the advice sat tapping on his thighs with his hands,  not seriously attending to the sage. maitreya was displeased at the discourtesy and cursed that bhīma  would one day break Duryodhana's thighs. (See under duryodhana).(ii)  maitreya was a courtier of yudhiṣṭhira. (Śloka 10,  Chapter 4,  Sabhā Parva).(iii)  maitreya was one among the sages who visited bhīṣma while he was lying on his bed of arrows. (Śloka 6,  Chapter 43,  śānti Parva).(iv)  Once he discussed with vyāsa topics on dharma. (Chapter 120,  anuśāsana parva).(v)  When Srī kṛṣṇa died,  the spiritualistic ideology of dharmaputra became more dominant and he approached vidura for Dharmopadeśa. vidura sent him to maitreya. dharmaputra went to the āśrama of maitreya on the banks of the river gaṅgā and after paying respects to him accepted Dharmopadeśa (Instruction in law,  duty and morals) from him. (3rd skandha,  bhāgavata).

Vedic Reference

English

 Maitreya is the patronymic or metronymic^1 of Kauṣārava in
the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.^2 It is also applied to Glāva in the
Chāndogya Upaniṣad.^3
1) Patronymic from Mitrayu,  accord-
ing to Pāṇini,  vi. 4,  174
 vii. 3,  2
metronymic from Mitrā,  according to
the commentator on Chāndogya Upani-
ṣad,  i. 12,  1.
2) viii. 28,  18.
3) i. 12,  1
 Gopatha Brāhmaṇa,  i. 1, 
31 et seq.
 Bloomfield,  Atharvaveda, 
110.

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 मैत्रेयः,  पुं,
   (मैत्रे मित्रतायां साधुरिति । मैत्र +ढञ् ।) बुद्धभेदः । इति त्रिकाण्डशेषः ॥
(मित्रयोः अपत्यमिति । मित्रयु + “गृष्ट्यादि-भ्यश्च ।” ४ । १ । १३६ । इति ढञ् । ततः“केकयमित्रयुप्रलयानां यादेरियः ।” ७ । ३ । २ ।इति युस्थाने इयादेशे प्राप्ते । “दाण्डिनायन-हास्तिनायन ।” ६ । ४ । १७४ । इति युलोपोनिपातितः ।) मुनिविशेषः । यथा,  --“एवं ब्रुवाणं मैत्रेयं द्वैपायनसुतो बुधः ।प्रीणयन्निव भारत्या विदुरः प्रत्यभाषत ॥
”इति श्रीभागवते । ३ । ७ । १ ॥
(सूर्य्यः । यथा,  महाभारते । ३ । ३ । २७ ।“देहकर्त्ता प्रशान्तात्मा विश्वात्मा विश्वतोमुखः ।चराचरात्मा सूक्ष्मात्मा मैत्रेयः करुणान्वितः ॥
”वर्णसं करजातिविशेषः । यथा,  मनुसंहिता-याम् । १० । ३३ ।“मैत्रेयकन्तु वैदेहो माधूकं सम्प्रसूयते ।नॄन् प्रशंसत्यजस्रं यो घण्टाताडोऽरुणोदये ॥
”“मैत्रेयकं नाम्ना वर्णम् ।” इति तत्र मेधातिथिः ॥
स्त्री । मैत्रेयेन उच्चारिता मैत्रेयी उपनिषद् ॥
याज्ञवल्कस्य पत्नी च ॥
) मित्रसम्बन्धिनि,  त्रि ॥
(मित्रयुवंशोद्भवादौ च । यथा,  हरिवंशे । ३२ ।७७ -- ७८ ।“अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि दिवोदासस्य सन्ततिम् ।दिवोदासस्य दायादो ब्रह्मर्षिर्मित्रयुर्नृपः ।मैत्रायणी ततः शाखा मैत्रेयास्तु ततः स्मृताः ॥
”)

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 मैत्रेय पु०
  मित्राया अपत्ययम् ढक् । १ मुनिभेदे २ बुद्धदेवे त्रिका० ।

Capeller

German

 मैत्रेय freundschaftlich,  wohlwollend
 m.
 
u. रि॑ patron.  o. metron.  N. versch. Männer
u. Frauen. 

Stchoupak

French

 मैत्रेय-
 a. amical 
 m.
  n.
  de divers personnages,  not. d'un Bodhisattva
et futur Buddha 
 -क- m.
  n.
  d'une caste intermédiaire.

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