Pāli Dictionary

metta

mittrootmettstemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mitt1友好的になる

Synonyms


ethics

  • 友情のある;慈悲深い;親切な

  • 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;慈しみ;友情;善意(四梵住の第一)

  • 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.

mettā

approximate

mittastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

mitt1友好的になる

Literal

the state of a friend; friendliness


mind

  • 慈;慈しみ;友情;善意(四梵住の第一)

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

  • Snp 1.8

    mettañca sabbalokasmiṃ, mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ

Encyclopedia

Mettā
Personapproximate
  • カピラヴァットゥのサキャ族の女性で、マハーパジャーパティー・ゴータミーとともに出家し、やがて阿羅漢果を得た。

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

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