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?).