Maitrayana, Maitrāyana: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMaitrāyana (मैत्रायन).—[ (?) (for °ṇa?), n. sg. °naḥ, Daśabhūmikasūtra.g. 41(67).14, if text is right, would seem to be synonym of maitrā, love: °naḥ śubhaprabhā jagakleśaghāṭī. But it is probably a corruption; according to Susa's note, Tibetan, Chin., and Mongol versions point to maitrāśayaḥ.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaitrāyaṇa (मैत्रायण).—[masculine] [plural] [Name] of a Vedic school.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Maitrāyaṇa (मैत्रायण):—[from maitra] 1. maitrāyaṇa n. (for 2. See below), ‘kind or friendly way’, benevolence, [Mahābhārata]
2) [from maitra] 2. maitrāyaṇa m. (for 1. See under maitra) [patronymic] [from] mitra [gana] naḍādi
3) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a school (called after, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]), [Maitrī-upaniṣad, [Introduction]]
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