Pāli Dictionary

mettā

mittastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

mitt1to be friendly

Literal

the state of a friend; friendliness

mind

  • loving-kindness; goodwill; benevolence; friendliness (first of the four brahmavihāras)

  • Snp 1.8

    mettañca sabbalokasmiṃ, mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ

metta

approximate

mittrootmettstemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mitt1to be friendly

Synonyms

abyāpajja, avera, mettāvihārī, sakhila, sākhalya

ethics

  • friendly; benevolent; kind

  • MN 31

    tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, imesu āyasmantesu mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ āvi c'eva raho ca

  • MN 62

    mettaṃ, rāhula, bhāvanaṃ bhāvehi. mettañ'hi te, rāhula, bhāvanaṃ bhāvayato yo byāpādo so pahīyissati.

doctrine

  • loving-kindness; goodwill; benevolence; friendliness (first of the four brahmavihāras)

  • AN 4.67

    virūp'akkhehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ erāpathehi me, chabyāputtehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ kaṇhāgotamakehi ca.

Encyclopedia

Mettā
Person

  • A Sakyan woman of Kapilavatthu who renounced the world together with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī and, in due course, attained Arahantship.

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