mettā

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Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī).[1]

Noun

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mettā f

  1. goodwill, loving-kindness

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mizuno, Kōgen (2005) 増補改訂パーリ語辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Shunjūsha, →ISBN, page 261