# मैत्रेयी (maitreyī)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `mEtreyI`  **IAST:** maitreyī  **Devanagari:** मैत्रेयी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreyi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/maitreyi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### मैत्रेय: Patronymic / General Male Name (3 definitions)
- a patronymic of Kausharava  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > मैत्रेय (maitreya) m. ( fr. मित्रयु (mitrayu), Pāṇini (Author) vi, 4, 174 ) patr. of Kauṣārava, Aitareya-brāhmaṇa (Title) [ ID=168220 ]
- of Glava  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Glāva, Chāndogya-upaniṣad (Title) ( accord. to Sch. metron. fr. मित्रा (mitrā) ) [ ID=168221 ]
- of various other men  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of various other men, Mahābhārata (Title); Purāṇas (Literary category) [ ID=168222 ]

### मैत्रेयी: Wife of Sage Yājñavalkya (3 definitions)
- See below.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 834,2] मैत्रेयी (maitreyī) a f. See below. [ ID=168227 ]
- the wife of Yajnavalkya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 834,2] मैत्रेयी (maitreyī) b f. N. of the wife of Yājñavalkya, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) [ ID=168235 ]
- the name of one of the wives of Yajnavalkya according to the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > मैत्रेयी (maitreyī) [Printed book page 2-180 ] Maitreyī is the name of one of the wives of Yājṅavalkya according to the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (ii. 4, 1 et seq.; iv. 5, 2 et seq. ). [ ID=2539 ]

### Adjective: Friendly, Benevolent (2 definitions)
- friendly, benevolent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 834,2] मैत्रेय (maitreya) mfn. ( fr. मैत्रि (maitri) ) friendly, benevolent, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=168219 ]
- friendly  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मैत्रेय (maitreya) ी (maitreyī) [Printed book page 586-12 ] मैत्रेय (maitreya) (I) a. (f. यी (yī) ) Relating to a friend, friendly. [ ID=30938.1 ]

### मैत्रेय: Specific Men in Literature/Scholarship (2 definitions)
- of the Vidushaka in the Mricchakatika  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the Vidūṣaka in the Mṛc-chakaṭikā [ ID=168224 ]
- of a grammarian  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a grammarian (= - रक्षित (-rakṣita) ), Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=168225 ]

### मैत्रेयी: Name/Epithet for Other Women (2 definitions)
- of Ahalya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Ahalyā, Ṣaḍviṃśa-brāhmaṇa (Title) [ ID=168236 ]
- of Sulabha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Sulabhā, Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (Title) [ ID=168237 ]

### मैत्रेय: A Mixed Caste (1 definition)
- belonging to a particular mixed caste  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a partic. mixed caste (= मैत्रेयक (maitreyaka) ), Manvarthamuktāvalī, KullūkaBhaṭṭa’s commentary on Manu-smṛti (Title) on Manu-smṛti (Title) x, 33 [ ID=168226 ]

### मैत्रेय: The Bodhisattva (1 definition)
- A Bodhisattva and future Buddha, the fifth of the present age  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 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 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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