a patronymic of Kausharava
मैत्रेय (maitreya) m. (fr. मित्रयु (mitrayu), Pāṇini (Author) vi, 4, 174) patr. of Kauṣārava, Aitareya-brāhmaṇa (Title) [ID=168220]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
मैत्रेयीmaitreyī
मैत्रेयी (maitreyī) is a Sanskrit word meaning friendly, benevolent, a patronymic of Kausharava, of Glava, of various other men, of the Vidushaka in the Mricchakatika, of a grammarian. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them मैत्रेय: Patronymic / General Male Name, मैत्रेयी: Wife of Sage Yājñavalkya, Adjective: Friendly, Benevolent.
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मैत्रेय: Patronymic / General Male Name
3 definitions
of Glava
of Glāva, Chāndogya-upaniṣad (Title) (accord. to Sch. metron. fr. मित्रा (mitrā)) [ID=168221]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of various other men
of various other men, Mahābhārata (Title) ; Purāṇas (Literary category) [ID=168222]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Adjective: Friendly, Benevolent
2 definitions
friendly, benevolent
(H2) [Printed book page 834,2]
मैत्रेय (maitreya) mfn. (fr. मैत्रि (maitri)) friendly, benevolent, Mahābhārata (Title) [ID=168219]
मैत्रेय (maitreya) mfn. (fr. मैत्रि (maitri)) friendly, benevolent, Mahābhārata (Title) [ID=168219]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
friendly
मैत्रेय (maitreya)ी (maitreyī) [Printed book page 586-12]
मैत्रेय (maitreya) (I) a. (f. यी (yī)) Relating to a friend, friendly. [ID=30938.1]
मैत्रेय (maitreya) (I) a. (f. यी (yī)) Relating to a friend, friendly. [ID=30938.1]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
मैत्रेय: Specific Men in Literature/Scholarship
2 definitions
of the Vidushaka in the Mricchakatika
of the Vidūṣaka in the Mṛc-chakaṭikā [ID=168224]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of a grammarian
of a grammarian (= -रक्षित (-rakṣita)), Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=168225]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
मैत्रेयी: Name/Epithet for Other Women
2 definitions
of Ahalya
of Ahalyā, Ṣaḍviṃśa-brāhmaṇa (Title) [ID=168236]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of Sulabha
of Sulabhā, Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (Title) [ID=168237]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
मैत्रेय: A Mixed Caste
1 definition
belonging to a particular mixed caste
of a partic. mixed caste (= मैत्रेयक (maitreyaka)), Manvarthamuktāvalī, KullūkaBhaṭṭa’s commentary on Manu-smṛti (Title) on Manu-smṛti (Title) x, 33 [ID=168226]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
मैत्रेय: The Bodhisattva
1 definition
A Bodhisattva and future Buddha, the fifth of the present age
N. of a Bodhi-sattva and future Buddha (the 5th of the present age), Lalita-vistara (Title) (Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 181 &c.) [ID=168223]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.