Pāli Dictionary

metteyya1

mettāstemeyyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

mitt1亲善；友爱

doctrine

  • 弥勒（未来佛，梵语 Maitreya）

  • 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.

metteyya2

mettāstemeyyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 一位年轻婆罗门之名

  • name of a young Brahman

Encyclopedia

Metteyya
Person

  • 未来佛弥勒，为本贤劫五佛中的第五位，预言将于人类寿命八万岁之时诞生于波罗奈（当时称 Ketumatī），俗名阿逸多。

  • 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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