maitrāsa-tā (12306)

maitrāsa-tā
Entry 12306, Page 440, Col. 1

(mEtrAsatA, mEtrAsa-tA)
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 met- taṃso Itiv. 22.4; in the same vs Jāt. iv.71.25 mettaṃso is glossed 72.5 by metta-koṭṭhāso (for *koṭṭhaṃso!) met- tacitto; the word is a noun, not an adj. as stated in PTSD, and means the same as BHS maitrāsa-tā (for *maitrāṃ- śatā); 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 koṭ- ṭhāsa.