Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
adjective
Root
mitt1मैत्रीपूर्ण होना
Synonyms
ethics
मैत्रीपूर्ण; परोपकारी; दयालु
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
मैत्री; मैत्री-भावना; सद्भावना
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.
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
mitt1मैत्रीपूर्ण होना
Literal
the state of a friend; friendliness
mind
मैत्री; मैत्री-भावना; सद्भावना
loving-kindness; goodwill; benevolence; friendliness (first of the four brahmavihāras)
Snp 1.8
mettañca sabbalokasmiṃ, mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ
Encyclopedia
कपिलवत्थु की एक शाक्य स्त्री, जिसने महापजापती गोतमी के साथ संसार त्यागा और समय के साथ अर्हत्त्व प्राप्त किया।
A Sakyan woman of Kapilavatthu who renounced the world together with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī and, in due course, attained Arahantship.
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