Where does “弥勒菩薩” come from?
弥勒菩薩 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 弥勒, from Middle Chinese 彌勒, from Sanskrit मैत्रेय, from Sanskrit मैत्री, from Sanskrit मैत्र, from Sanskrit मित्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan mitrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mitrás — soft, tender, dear.
弥勒菩薩 (Japanese): Maitreya bodhisattva
Definitions
- Maitreya bodhisattva
Ancestry of “弥勒菩薩”, step by step
弥勒菩薩 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 弥勒
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 弥勒 | Maitreya |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 彌勒 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मैत्रेय | friendly, benevolent; patronymic of कौषारव;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मैत्री | friendship |
| 5 | Sanskrit | मैत्र | friendly, benevolent; friendship |
| 6 | Sanskrit | मित्र | a friend, companion, associate; the sun;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | mitrás | friend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mitrás | covenant; treaty; agreement |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |
via Japanese 菩薩
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 菩薩 | a bodhisattva |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 菩薩 | — |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 菩提薩埵 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | बोधिसत्त्व | bodhisattva; "one whose essence is perfect... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | बोधि | (also feminine gender) bodhi: perfect knowledge or wisdom (by which a man becomes a buddha or jina), the illuminated or enlightened intellect (of a Buddha or jina) |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | bawdʰíṣ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bawdʰíš | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewdʰ- | to be awake, be aware |