Pāli Dictionary

mettā

mittastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

mitt1친절하다

Literal

the state of a friend; friendliness

mind

  • 자애(慈愛); 멧따; 자비로운 마음(사무량심의 첫째)

  • 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

mitt1친절하다

Synonyms

abyāpajja, avera, mettāvihārī, sakhila, sākhalya

ethics

  • 우호적인; 자비로운; 친절한

  • 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

  • 자애(慈愛); 멧따; 자비로운 마음(사무량심의 첫째)

  • 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

  • 카필라밧투의 사캬족 여인으로, 마하파자파티 고타미와 함께 출가하였고 이윽고 아라한과를 얻었다.

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

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