Maitreya, Maitrēya: 35 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMaitreya (मैत्रेय):—
1) adj. a) (von maitrī) von Wohlwollen erfüllt, neben karuṇānvita als Beiw. der Sonne [Mahābhārata 3, 157.] mitreṣu sarvabhūtābhayapradeṣu sādhuḥ Schol.; vgl. mitrayu . — b) wohl von Maitri herrührend: maitreyī (upaniṣad) [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 325.] —
2) m. a) proparox. patron. von mitrayu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 174. 7, 3, 2.] gaṇa gṛṣṭyādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 136.] [Harivaṃśa 1789] (maitreyo sya st. maitrāyaṇaḥ die neuere Ausg.). Kauṣārava [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8, 28.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 13, 1. 19, 10. 3, 1, 1. fgg.] Glāva [Chāndogyopaniṣad 1, 12, 1] (nach dem Schol. metron. von mitrā) . — [Mahābhārata.2,105.3,349. fgg. 9,3357. 13,5795. fgg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1113.] [Oxforder Handschriften 54,b, Nalopākhyāna 5. 310,a,25.] pl. [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 55,6.] [Harivaṃśa 1789.] [SAṂSK. K. 185,b,4.] f. ī Gattin des Yājñavalkya [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 5, 4, 1.] Ahalyā [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 1, 1.] Sulabhā [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3, 4, 4.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 4, 10.] [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 92, 6.] - [WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 392.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Bodhisattva und zukünftigen Buddha's [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 24.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 2, 9. 5, 6. fgg.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 302. fg.] [WASSILJEW 126. 130. 157. 178.] — c) Nomen proprium des Vidūṣaka in [Mṛcchakaṭikā 6, 2.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Grammatikers, = maitreyarakṣita [Colebrooke] [?II,59. Oxforder Handschriften 182,b,43.] — e) = maitreyaka [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 33.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMaitreya (मैत्रेय):——
1) Adj. — a) Adj. von Wohlwollen erfüllt. — b) wohl von Maitri herrührend. —
2) m. — a) Patron. oder Metron. verschiedener Männer. Auch Pl. — b) eine best. Mischlingskaste , = maitrayaka. — c) Nomen proprium — α) eines alten Ṛṣi — β) eines Bodhisattva und zukünftigen Buddha. — γ) eines Vidūṣaka. — δ) eines Grammatikers. —
3) f. matroyī Patron. verschiedener Frauen.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Maitreyaka, Maitreyanatha, Maitreyarakshita, Maitreyasamhita, Maitreyasutra, Maitreyatmaka, Maitreyavana, Maitreyavimoksha.
Ends with: Aryamaitreya.
Full-text (+268): Ajita, Kausharava, Maitreyaka, Maitreyarakshita, Yuvaraja, Mitrayu, Glava, Maittireyar, Mayittiriyalvar, Maitreyasutra, Maitreyavana, Yadapi, Mitra, Agratahsthapayitva, Maitreyopanishad, Caidyavara, Vikshobhita, Dhanasammata, Maitranatha, Vairocanavyuhalamkaragarbha.
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