Maitreya, the Bodhisattva who is predicted to succeed Śākyamuni as the future human Buddha. His prominent epithet is Ajita which means invincible. Sometimes the epithet is used as his name. He is the first in the list of the Bodhisattva-s, sometimes the second, after Avalokiteśvara. Maitreya is recognised in both the Theravāda and the Mahāyāna. Though he is mentioned only once in the Nikāya-s, abundant references are made to him in the Lalita-Vistara, Divyāvadāna and Mahāvastu. Maitreya is mentioned as the one who is born in the Tuṣita heaven, where in an inner palace he reveals the Law to the Heavenly Beings. In the concluding verse of Visuddhimagga, Buddhaghoṣa has expressed his earnest desire to attain Arhatship in the presence of Maitreya.