maitrā (12300)

maitrā
Entry 12300, Page 439, Col. 2

(mEtrA, mEtrA)
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…mārapak- ṣāṃ 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.

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