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Deity Eight Great Bodhisattvas

Maitreya

मैत्रेय sa རྒྱལ་བ་བྱམས་པ། bo 彌勒菩薩 zh

Future Buddha in Buddhist eschatology

  • Also called Metteyya, Maitri, Jampa

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