mEtrAsatA
maitrāsa-tā (for *maitrāṃśa-tā, below; § 3.3 ), loving-kindness, benevolence , is the stem to be assumed Mv iii.373.11 ( vs ), where read: maitrāsatāṃ (or °taṃ, MIndic for °tāṃ; mss. cited as °naṃ or °na; Senart em. maitrābhāvanāṃ, metr. impossible and otherwise implausible) bhāvaye apramatto, maitreṇa cittena hitānukampī, etc. The stem maitrāsa = Pali mettāsa, which occurs as v.l. for mettaṃso Itiv. 22.4 ; in the same vs Jāt. iv.71.25 mettaṃso is glossed 72.5 by metta-koṭṭhāso (for *koṭṭhaṃso!) mettacitto; the word is a noun, not an adj. as stated in PTSD , and means the same as BHS maitrāsa-tā (for *maitrāṃśatā); otherwise BHS records only maitra ( adj. ) as separate word with aṃśa ( q.v. , 2) in the mg. of the cpd. The use of -āsa for -āṃśa ( Pali -aṃsa) is confirmed by Pali koṭṭhāsa.