| 单词 |
Maitreya |
| 释义 |
Maitreya|maɪˈtreɪjə|
[Skr., f. maitrī friendship.]
In Buddhist theology, the name of the Buddha who will appear in the future; also, an artistic representation of this future Buddha.
1889M. Monier-Williams Buddhism iv. 135 Gautama is the fourth Buddha of the present age... He is to be followed by the fifth Buddha, Maitreya (a name meaning ‘full of love towards all beings’). 1923A. B. Keith Buddhist Philos. xvii. 289 We have the Buddha's own authority for the advent of Maitreya. 1933E. J. Thomas Hist. Buddhist Thought xiii. 168 As a part of this doctrine of a succession of Buddhas arose the belief in a future Buddha, Metteyya, or Maitreya. 1961Guardian 23 Mar. 11/3 A seated Maitreya in gilt bronze, Silla—early seventh century. 1972P. M. Bartz S. Korea 142/1 The figures are miroks, images of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future. 1972D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play iii. 17 The guru strikingly resembled the Maitreya who would one day come to herald an age of happiness. |
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