Maitreya (Sanskrit: मैत्रिय), also known as Metteyya (Pali: मेत्तेय्य) or Ajita, is a Buddha that will come from the future Maitreya. It also is the Buddhist equivalent of the Kalki Avatar from the Hinduism.
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the name Maitreya came from the Sanskrit word maitrī that means friendship, maitrī is derived from the Indo-Iranic word Mithra that mean friend.