Maitreya

Summary

Maitreya is a Bodhisattva^[1]. He ranks in the top 4% of bodhisattva entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,004 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Maitreya is recorded as male^[3].
• Maitreya's instance of is recorded as Bodhisattva^[4].
• Maitreya's instance of is recorded as Buddha^[5].
• Maitreya's instance of is recorded as literary character^[6].
• Maitreya is part of Eight Great Bodhisattvas^[7].
• Maitreya is part of Maitreya Triad^[8].
• Maitreya's Commons category is recorded as Maitreya^[9].
• Maitreya's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12036613^[10].
• Maitreya's said to be the same as is recorded as Maitreya-nātha^[11].
• Maitreya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Maitreya^[12].
• Maitreya's from narrative universe is recorded as Journey to the West universe^[13].
• Maitreya's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• Maitreya's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[15].
• Maitreya's replaces is recorded as The Buddha^[16].
• Maitreya's present in work is recorded as Journey to the West^[17].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'मैत्रेय'}^[18].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa-sidd', 'text': '𑖦𑖹𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖸𑖧'}^[19].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pi', 'text': 'मेत्तेय्य'}^[20].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '彌勒'}^[21].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '弥勒'}^[22].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '弥勒'}^[23].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '미륵'}^[24].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'si', 'text': 'මෛත්\u200dරී'}^[25].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'bo', 'text': 'བྱམས་པ་'}^[26].
• Maitreya's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'Di lặc'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Maitreya include Jison-in Temple^[28], a Buddhist temple^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 0816^[31].

Why It Matters

Maitreya ranks in the top 4% of bodhisattva entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,004 views/month).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] He is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for him include Jison-in Temple^[28], a Buddhist temple^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 0816^[31].