Pāli Dictionary

mettāvihārī

mettāstemvihārīstem

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

metta, abyāpajja, avera, sakhila

general

  • မေတ္တာရှိသော; ကြင်နာသော

  • friendly; kind; abiding in kindliness

  • Dhp 368

    mettāvihārī yo bhikkhu, pasanno buddhasāsane, adhigacche padaṃ santaṃ, saṅkhār'ūpasamaṃ sukhaṃ.

meditation

  • မေတ္တာဘာဝနာကျင့်သော; မေတ္တာဖြင့်နေထိုင်သော

  • living in a state of loving-kindness; one who practices mettā meditation

  • AN 1.261

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṃ upāsikānaṃ mettāvihārīnaṃ yadidaṃ sāmāvatī.

  • MN 55

    evaṃ, bhante. sutaṃ m'etaṃ, bhante, brahmā mettāvihārī'ti. taṃ me idaṃ, bhante, bhagavā sakkhidiṭṭho, bhagavā hi, bhante, mettāvihārī'ti.

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