feminine
amity
amity; benevolence
Mettā (feminine) [abstract from mitra = mitta, cf. Vedic maitraṃ. According to As 192 (cf. Expositor 258) derived from mid to love, to be fat: "mejjati mettā siniyhatī ti attho"] love, amity, sympathy, friendliness, active interest in others. There are various definitions and explanations of mettā: the stereotype "metti mettāyanā mettāyitattaṃ mettā cetovimutti" Vibh 86 = 272; occurring as "metti mettāyanā mettāyitattaṃ anudā anudāyana anudāyitattaṃ hitesitā anukampā abyāpādo ... kusalamūlaṃ" at Nidd I 488 and Dhs 1056 (where Text mettaṃ for metti, but see BMPE 253). By Buddhaghosa at Pj II 128 explained in distinction from karuṇā (which is "ahita-dukkh-āpanayakāmatā") as "hita-sukh-ūpanaya-kāmatā," i.e. desire of bringing welfare and good to one's fellow-men. Cf. definition of mettā at Vism 317. — Snp 73 (see Nidd II page 232), 967; D III 247 f., 279; Vism 111, 321 f.; Pj II 54; Pv-a 66 (khanti, m., anudaya); Saddh 484, 487. Phrases occurring frequently: mettā ceto-vimutti D I 251; S II 265; A IV 150; It 20; Vibh 86 and passim . mettā-sahagatena cetasā with a heart full of love D I 250; II 186; III 49 f., 78, 223 f.; S V 115; A I 183; II 129; IV 390; V 299, 344; explained in detail at Vism 308. mettaṃ karoti (locative) to be friendly or sympathize with Mhv 12, 23. — In compounds usually mettā°, but shortened to metta° in metta-cittaṃ kindly thought, a heart full of love D I 167; III 237; Snp 507; Pv II 13 17 ; Ja VI 71; and metta-jhāna love-meditation, as explanation of m.-citta at Pj II 417; Pv-a 167. {541} -aṃsa (mettaṃsa) sympathetic, showing love towards It 22 (v.l. °āsa); Ja IV 71 (= metta-koṭṭhāsa mettacitta commentary). -kammaṭṭhāna the k. of sympathy Dhp-a IV 108. -bhāvanā cultivation or development of friendliness (towards all living beings) Ja I 176; III 45; Miln 199; Vism 295. -vihārin abiding in kindliness Dhp 368; Dhp-a IV 108; Nett 25; Vism 324; Pv-a 230.
【陰】 慈，友好，善意。~kammaṭṭhāna,【中】 ~bhāvanā,【陰】 慈修。~yanā,【陰】 友好的感覺，慈性。~vihārī,【形】 住在慈意中，慈居。
(fem, fem, abstr, from mitta) goodwill (towards); friendliness (to); benevolence (for) amity, benevolence Construction: √mitt > mett + *ā