Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maitreya

1 sense of maitreya

Sense 1
Maitreya -- (the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama)
       INSTANCE OF=> Bodhisattva, Boddhisatva -- (Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others)