The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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; expld in
detail at Vism 308. metta' karoti (loc.) to be friendly or sympathize with Mhvs 12, 23. -- In cpds. usually
mett!˚, but shortened to metta˚ in metta -- citta' kindly thought, a heart full of love D i.167; iii.237; Sn 507;
Pv ii.1317; J vi.71; and metta -- jh!na love -- meditation, as expln of m. -- citta at SnA 417; PvA 167.
-- 541 --
-- a'sa (metta'sa) sympathetic, showing love towards It 22 (v. l. ˚!sa); J iv.71 (=metta -- ko&&h!sa mettacitta
C.). -- kamma&&h!na the k. of sympathy DhA iv.108. -- bh!van! cultivation or development of friendliness
(towards all living beings) J i.176; iii.45; Miln 199; Vism 295. -- vih!rin abiding in kindliness Dh 368;
DhA iv.108; Nett 25; Vism 324; PvA 230.
Mett!yati
Mett!yati [Denom. fr. mett!] to feel friendly, to show love, to be benevolent A iv.151; DhsA 194; VbhA
75. With loc. to show friendship or be affectionate towards J i.365; iii.96; D!vs iii.34.
Mett!yan!
Mett!yan! (f.) & Mett!yitatta (nt.) [abstr. formations fr. mett!]: see defn of mett!.
Metti & Mett"
Metti & Mett" (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. maitr"] love, friendship J iii.79; v.208; VbhA 75. See also defn of mett!.
Metteyyatt!
Metteyyatt! (f.) is occasional spelling for matteyyat! (q. v.), in analogy to petteyyat!; e. g. Nd2 294.
Methuna
Methuna (adj. -- nt.) [fr. Vedic mithuna pair, der. fr. mithu. Cp. micch!] 1. (adj.) relating to sexual
intercourse, sexual, usually with dhamma, sex intercourse, in phrase ˚' dhamma' pa&isevati to cohabit Vin
i.96; D ii.133; Sn 291, 704; Nd1 139; Vism 418; SnA 536. -- (m.) an associate J vi.294 (na r!j! hoti
methuno). -- 2. (nt.) sexual intercourse [Vedic maithuna] D i.4; iii.9, 88 sq., 133; Sn 400, 609, 814,
835=DhA i.202; Nd1 139, 145; Pug 67; Vism 51.
Methunaka
Methunaka [fr. methuna] 1. one concerned with (illicit) sexual intercourse, a fornicator Nd1 139 (in a wider
sense). -- 2. an associate Vin iii.66. -- 3. (nt.) coitus J ii.360 (=methuna -- dhamma C.).
Meda
Meda [Vedic medas (nt.) fr. mid, see etym. under mada] fat S i.124; Sn 196; J iii.484 (ajakara'
meda'=ajakara -- meda' C.); Kh iii. (expld at Vism 262 as "th"nasineha" thick or coagulated fluid or
gelatine); Vism 361; VbhA 66, 225, 245, 249. -- kath!lika a cooking pot or saucepan for frying fat A iv.377
(in simile with k!ya); DhA ii.179 (similar); Vism 195 (in compar.). -- ga*&hi (as medo -- ga*&hi, Sk.
influence!) an abscess of fat, fatty knot or tumour, mentioned as a disease at Miln 149. -- va**a
fatcoloured; in cpd. ˚p!s!na a stone of the (golden) colour of fat found in the Him!laya mountains Sn 447
(=medapi*.a -- sadisa SnA 393); Mhvs 1, 39; 30, 57 sq., 96; 31, 121; see Geiger's note Mhvs (P.T.S. ed.) p.
355, who puts it beyond doubt, that meda˚ is the correct reading for the v. l. megha˚ at all places.