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maitrā (rarely maitryā , q.v. ; = Pali mettā; the Skt. equivalent maitrī is also extensively used, notably instead of this as one of the apramāṇa ; Skt. also maitra, maitrya), love, benevolence ; sometimes as one (the first) of the four apramāṇa or brahmavihāra , qq.v. : maitrāya, oblique case, Mv i.175.3 ( vs ; same line maitryāya iii.346.15 , see maitryā); maitrāya ( instr. ; v.l. °tryāya) sphuṭā Mv ii.350.15 ; ( cf. maitryā, stem maitrī, sphāritvā Mv i.313.17 , and see maitryā;) maitrā-vihārī Mv iii.421.18 ; Ud xxxii.20 (22); ( cf. mahāmaitra-vihārī LV 426.3 , prose, with Skt. maitra;) maitrā-pariśuddho Mv ii.362.5 ; with the other three apramāṇa, maitrāyāṃ ( loc. ) LV 164.15 ( vs ); maitrāya ( gen. ) 183.3 ( vs ); other cases, maitrā vijitya … mārapakṣāṃ LV 343.6 ( vs ), by love ( instr. ); maitrām anusarati Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā, Lüders, Kl. Skt. Texte 2 , 44 ; acc. to Kern, Preface viii , used in Kashgar rec. of SP for text maitrī; maitrātmaka Divy 319.20, 26 , could contain this or Skt. maitra; see also next.