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Mettā Merita

is "ahita — dukkh — âpanayakāmatā") as "hita — sukh — puts it beyond doubt, that meda° is the correct reading for the
ûpanaya — kāmatā," i. e. desire of bringing welfare & good v. l. megha° at all places.
n
to one's fellow — men. Cp. def of mettā at Vism 317. — Sn Medaka [meda+ka] in go° a precious stone of light — red (or
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73 (see Nd p. 232), 967; D iii.247 sq., 279; Vism 111, 321
golden) colour (cp. meda — vaṇṇa — pāsāṇa) VvA 111.
sq.; SnA 54; PvA 66 (khanti, m., anudaya); Sdhp 484, 487. —
Medinī (f.) [of adj. medin, fr. meda fat, but cp. Vedic medin an
Phrases occurring frequently: mettā ceto-vimutti D i.251; S
associate or companion fr. mid in meaning to be friendly] the
ii.265; A iv.150; It 20; Vbh 86 and passim. mettā-sahagatena
earth (also later Sk.) Mhvs 5, 185; 15, 47; Vism 125.
cetasā with a heart full of love D i.250; ii.186; iii.49 sq., 78,
223 sq.; S v.115; A i.183; ii.129; iv.390; v.299, 344; expl d Medeti [Denom. fr. meda] to become fat M i.238.
in detail at Vism 308. mettaṁ karoti (loc.) to be friendly or
Medha [Vedic medha, in aśva, go°, puruṣa° etc.] sacrifice only in
sympathize with Mhvs 12, 23. — In cpds. usually mettā°, but
assa° horse — sacrifice & purisa° human s. (q. v.). e.g. at A
shortened to metta° in metta — cittaṁ kindly thought, a heart iv.151; Sn 303. — Cp. mejjha.
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full of love D i.167; iii.237; Sn 507; Pv ii.13 ; J vi.71; and
n
metta — jhāna love — meditation, as expl of m. — citta at Medhaga (& °ka) [cp. Sk. methana abusive speech; Vedic
methati fr. mith to scold] quarrel, strife Vin ii.88 (°ka); Th
SnA 417; PvA 167.
2, 344; Sn 893, 894 (=kalaha, bhaṇḍana, viggaha, vivāda Nd 1
-aṁsa (mettaṁsa) sympathetic, showing love towards It
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302, 303), 935 (T. °ka; Nd 402 & 406 °ga. with v. l. SS
22 (v. l. °āsa); J iv.71 (=metta — koṭṭhāsa mettacitta C.). -
°ka); Dh 6; J iii.334 (°ka; C.=kalaha), 488 (°ga; C. °ka expl n
kammaṭṭhāna the k. of sympathy DhA iv.108. -bhāvanā
kalaha); DhA i.65.
cultivation or development of friendliness (towards all living
beings) J i.176; iii.45; Miln 199; Vism 295. -vihārin abiding Medhasa (adj.) [=Vedic medhas, as a- base] having wisdom or
in kindliness Dh 368; DhA iv.108; Nett 25; Vism 324; PvA intelligence, wise, only in cpds. bhūri° of great wisdom Sn
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230. 1131; & su° [Ved. sumedhas] very wise Vv 22 (=sundara
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d
— pañña VvA 111); Pv iii.7 (both comb as bhūri — su —
Mettāyati [Denom. fr. mettā] to feel friendly, to show love, to
medhasa, hardly correct; v. l. M. bhūrimedhasa PvA 205).
be benevolent A iv.151; DhsA 194; VbhA 75. With loc. to
show friendship or be affectionate towards J i.365; iii.96; Dāvs Medhā (f.) [Vedic medhā & medhas, perhaps to Gr. μαχ°
iii.34. in μανχάνω ("mathematics")] wisdom, intelligence, sagacity
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Nd s. v. (m. vuccati paññā); Pug 25; Dhs 16, DhsA 148; PvA
Mettāyanā (f.) & Mettāyitatta (nt.) [abstr. formations fr.
n
mettā]: see def of mettā. 40 (=paññā). — adj. sumedha wise, clever, intelligent Sn
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177; opp. dum° stupid Pv i.8 . — khīṇa-medha one whose
Metti & Mettī (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. maitrī] love, friendship J iii.79; intelligence has been impaired, stupefied J vi.295 (=khīṇa —
n
v.208; VbhA 75. See also def of mettā.
pañña).
Metteyyattā (f.) is occasional spelling for matteyyatā (q. v.), in Medhāvitā (f.) [abstr. fr. medhāvin] cleverness, intelligence
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analogy to petteyyatā; e. g. Nd 294. VvA 229.
Methuna (adj. — nt.) [fr. Vedic mithuna pair, der. fr. mithu. Cp.
Medhāvin (adj.) [medhā+in=*medhāyin>medhāvin; already
micchā] 1. (adj.) relating to sexual intercourse, sexual, usu- d
Vedic, cp. medhasa] intelligent, wise, often comb with
ally with dhamma, sex intercourse, in phrase °ṁ dhammaṁ paṇḍita & bahussuta: D i.120; S iv.375; A iv.244; Vin iv.10,
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paṭisevati to cohabit Vin i.96; D ii.133; Sn 291, 704; Nd 139;
13, 141; Sn 323 (acc. medhāvinaṁ +bahussutaṁ) 627, 1008
Vism 418; SnA 536. — (m.) an associate J vi.294 (na rājā hoti 2
(Ep. of Mogharājā), 1125 (id.); Nd 259 (s. v. jātimā, with
methuno). — 2. (nt.) sexual intercourse [Vedic maithuna] D var. other synonyms); Dh 36; J vi.294; Miln 21; DhA i.257;
i.4; iii.9, 88 sq., 133; Sn 400, 609, 814, 835=DhA i.202; Nd 1
ii.108; iv.169; VvA 131; PvA 41.
139, 145; Pug 67; Vism 51.
Medhi (f.) [Vedic methī pillar, post (to bind cattle to); BSk. medhi
Methunaka [fr. methuna] 1. one concerned with (illicit) sexual Divy 244; Prk. meḍhi Pischel Gr. § 221. See for etym. Walde,
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intercourse, a fornicator Nd 139 (in a wider sense). — 2. an
Lat. Wtb. s. v. meta] pillar, part of a stūpa [not in the Canon?].
associate Vin iii.66. — 3. (nt.) coitus J ii.360 (=methuna —
Medhin (adj. — n.)=medha in adj. use; only in cpd. dum-
dhamma C.).
medhin (=dum — medha) foolish, ignorant Dh 26 (bālā
Meda [Vedic medas (nt.) fr. mid, see etym. under mada] fat S
dummedhino janā;=nippaññā DhA i.257).
i.124; Sn 196; J iii.484 (ajakaraṁ medaṁ=ajakara — medaṁ
d
C.); Kh iii. (expl at Vism 262 as "thīnasineha" thick or coag- Meraya (nt.) [Epic Sk. maireya, cp. Halāyudha 2, 175 (Aufrecht
p. 314); prob. dial.] a sort of intoxicating liquor, spirits, rum,
ulated fluid or gelatine); Vism 361; VbhA 66, 225, 245, 249.
d
usually comb with surā. D i.146— 166; M i.238; Pug 55;
-kathālika a cooking pot or saucepan for frying fat A
Dh 247; J iv.117 (pupphāsav — ādi, i. e. made fr. flowers,
iv.377 (in simile with kāya); DhA ii.179 (similar); Vism 195
n
cp. def dhātakī — puṣpaguḍa — dhāny — āmla — sanskṛtaṁ
(in compar.). -gaṇṭhi (as medo — gaṇṭhi, Sk. influence!) an
by Mādhava, Halāy. p. 314). Five kinds are given by Dhpāla
abscess of fat, fatty knot or tumour, mentioned as a disease at
at VvA 73, viz. pupph — āsava, phal' āsava, madhv°, guḷ°,
Miln 149. -vaṇṇa fatcoloured; in cpd. °pāsāna a stone of
sambhārasaṁyutta.
the (golden) colour of fat found in the Himālaya mountains Sn
447 (=medapiṇḍa — sadisa SnA 393); Mhvs 1, 39; 30, 57 sq., Merita in bhayamerita J iv.424=v.359 is to be read as bhaya —
96; 31, 121; see Geiger's note Mhvs (P.T.S. ed.) p. 355, who m — erita driven by fear; there is no need to change it with
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