Ajita, (1) (231)

Ajita, (1)
Entry 231, Page 7, Col. 2

(ajita, ajita)
Ajita, (1)¦ (= Pali id.) epithet of Maitreya; mostly voc. in direct address, the name Maitreya being otherwise used in same context; but other forms occur (ajitasya Karmav 40.1): SP 18.4; 308.1, 2; 309.2 ff.; 327.3; 332.6 ff.; 345.7 ff., etc.; Mv i.51.6; Śikṣ 97.8; (an unidentified Bodhisattva, prob. Maitreya) Sukh 64.7 ff.; 92.10; (2) n. of a future Buddha, but seemingly distinguished from Maitreya: Mv iii.330.8; (3) n. of an attendant on the Bodhisattva (Śākyamuni) in a previous birth: Jm 3.4 (query: to be identified with Maitreya?).

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