Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
mitt1亲善；友爱
Literal
友之情；对朋友的心
mind
慈；慈爱；善意；友善（四梵住之首）
loving-kindness; goodwill; benevolence; friendliness (first of the four brahmavihāras)
Snp 1.8
mettañca sabbalokasmiṃ, mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ
ethics
友善的；仁慈的；慈爱的
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
慈；慈爱；善意；友善（四梵住之首）
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迦毘罗卫城的一位释迦族女子，与摩诃波阇波提乔达弥一同出家，其后证得阿罗汉果。
A Sakyan woman of Kapilavatthu who renounced the world together with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī and, in due course, attained Arahantship.
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