feminine
Appamaññā (feminine) [a + pamaññā, abstract from pamāṇa = Sanskrit °pramānya] boundlessness, infinitude, as psychological technical term applied in later books to the four varieties of philanthropy, viz. mettā karuṃā muditā upekkhā i.e. love, pity, sympathy, desinterestedness, and as such enumerated at D III 223 (q.v. for detailed reference as to various passages); Paṭis I 84; Vibh 272 f.; As 195. By itself at Snp 507 (= metta-j-jhāna-saṅkhātā a. Pj II 417). See for further explanation BMPE 59 note 1, and mettā.
boundlessness, infinitude (as name for the brahmavihāras)
【陰】 無量心,即:慈、悲、喜、舍。
(fem, fem, abstr, from na pamāṇa) immeasurable state of mind; epithet of the four divine dwellings infinitude, measureless state; technical term including four qualities of mind, viz. love, pity, sympathy, and disinterestedness [lit.] immeasurable state Construction: na > a + pa + √mā + aṇa + yā appamāṇa + yā