Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
mitt1友好的になる
doctrine
弥勒（未来仏、メッテイヤ）
Metteyya, the mythical future Buddha (Sanskrit Maitreya)
DN 26
asītivassasahass'āyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu metteyyo nāma bhagavā loke uppajjissati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavā.
Encyclopedia
Metteyya
Person現在の賢劫における五番目の未来仏で、人間の寿命が八万歳の時代にケートゥマティーにてアジタという個人名で生まれると予言されている。
The future Buddha, fifth of the present world-cycle, foretold to be born in Ketumatī with the personal name Ajita during an age when humans live eighty thousand years.
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