As a deity name
Name 925 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
मैत्रेय · noun · masculine
एक बुद्ध नाम जो अभी होनेवाले हैं · भागवत के अनुसार एक ऋषि का नाम जो पराशर के शिष्य थे और जिनसे विष्णुपुराण कहा गया था · सूर्य — Śabdasāgara
मैत्रेय · maitreya · adj.
Of or relating to a friend; friendly — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1103
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
friendly, benevolent
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
maitreya mfn. (fr. maitri) friendly, benevolent, MBh.
maitreya m. (fr. mitrayu, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 174) patr. of Kauṣārava, AitBr.
of Glāva, ChUp. (accord. to Sch. metron. fr. mitrā)
of various other men, MBh.; Pur.
N. of a Bodhisattva and future Buddha (the 5th of the present age), Lalit. (MWB. 181 &c.)
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