Pāli Dictionary

mitta

mittrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun

Root

mitt1to be friendly

Antonyms

amitta

general

  • friend; companion; (in compounds) spiritual friend, mentor

  • Dhp 376

    mitte bhajassu kalyāṇe, suddhājīve atandite, paṭisanthāravuty'assa, ācārakusalo siyā, tato pāmojjabahulo, dukkhass'antaṃ karissati.

  • Iti 76

    yādisaṃ kurute mittaṃ, yādisaṃ c'ūpasevati, sa ve tādisako hoti, sahavāso hi tādiso.

mittā

approximate

mittrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

mitt1to be friendly

general

  • friend; companion

  • Snp 1.9

    patirūpakārī dhuravā, uṭṭhātā vindate dhanaṃ, saccena kittiṃ pappoti, dadaṃ mittāni ganthati.

  • Mittā (name of an arahant nun and other historical figures)

  • Thig 1.8

    saddhāya pabbajitvāna, mitte mittaratā bhava, bhāvehi kusale dhamme, yogakkhemassa pattiyā'ti.

  • Thig 2.7

    itthaṃ sudaṃ mittā therī gāthaṃ abhāsitthā'ti.

ethics

  • friendship; loving-kindness; affection

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Mitta
Person

  • A general of King Eḷāra who governed the village of Khandarāji in eastern Sri Lanka and was an uncle of Nandhimitta.

Mitta2
Other

  • One of the ten sons of King Muṭasīva.

Mitta3
Person

  • A general who assassinated King Vijayabāhu IV and briefly seized the throne at Jambuddoni, only to be beheaded by the mercenary leader Ṭhakuraka after his troops refused him allegiance.

Mitta4
Person

  • A householder of Kosambī who later adopted Sāmāvatī as his daughter.

Mitta5
Other

  • A common personal name borne by several minor figures in the texts.

Mittā
Personapproximate

  • The younger sister of King Vijayabāhu I, who married a Pāṇḍu king and bore three sons: Mānābharaṇa, Kittisirimegha, and Sirivallabha.

Mittā2
Personapproximate

  • A daughter of Mānābharaṇa (1) and sister of Pabhāvatī, who married another Mānābharaṇa, son of Sirivallabha.

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