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Mettaṁ — Frequency

Frequency for metta across indexed Pali works, with sources and receipts.

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Stable lemma · Pali

Mettaṁ

metta · mettā

Term ID
term:pli:metta
Scope
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Frequency profile

metta · Ranked corpus profile

Language
pali
Term identity
term:pli:metta
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Denominator
attested_tokens
Returned rows
4
Attested works
4

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Returned Selected order Work Attestation state Occurrences Denominator state Attested tokens Per 10k Continue Juxtapose
1 — Itivuttaka work:pli:iti iti attested 2 available 11,565 1.73 Exact-work Concordance
2 — Sutta Nipata work:pli:snp snp attested 3 available 20,164 1.49 Exact-work Concordance
3 — Digha Nikaya work:pli:dn dn attested 15 available 143,998 1.04 Exact-work Concordance
4 — Udana work:pli:ud ud attested 1 available 20,047 0.5 Exact-work Concordance
Evidence boundary, sources, and receipt

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Sources
source:pli:bilara-data
Receipt
unavailable · no_materialized_frequency_receipt

Source-by-source word evidence

Lexical authorities

2 lexicon records · 0 etymology pointers

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Dictionary and historical-lexicon records

Lexicon shelf

2 returned
  1. 1 Metta Metta
    PTS Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede, 1921-25)
    Entry ID
    lex:pli:Metta
    Normalized headword
    metta
    Entry locator
    Metta
    Display posture
    not reported
    Entry body
    served
    Audit
    pending_source_review
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    source_pending

    Short gloss · not a complete definition

    adj. nt. friendly, benevolent kind as adj. at DN.iii.191 (mettena kāya-kammena etc.), DN.iii.245 (˚ṃ vacī-kammaṃ); as nt. for mettā in compounds of mettā (cp. mettaṃsa) and by itself at DN.i.227 (mettaṃ + cittaṃ), perhaps also at Snp.507 . cp. Vedic maitra “belonging to Mitra”; Epic Sk. maitra “frie

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    adj. nt. friendly, benevolent kind as adj. at DN.iii.191 (mettena kāya-kammena etc.), DN.iii.245 (˚ṃ vacī-kammaṃ); as nt. for mettā in compounds of mettā (cp. mettaṃsa) and by itself at DN.i.227 (mettaṃ + cittaṃ), perhaps also at Snp.507 . cp. Vedic maitra “belonging to Mitra”; Epic Sk. maitra “friendly,” fr. mitra

  2. 2 Mettā Mettā
    PTS Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede, 1921-25)
    Entry ID
    lex:pli:Mettā
    Normalized headword
    metta
    Entry locator
    Mettā
    Display posture
    not reported
    Entry body
    served
    Audit
    pending_source_review
    Review
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    Short gloss · not a complete definition

    feminine to love, to be fat: “mejjati mettā siniyhatī ti attho” love, amity, sympathy, friendliness, active interest in others. There are var. def ns & explains of mettā: the stereotype “ metti mettāyanā mettāyitattaṃ mettā cetovimutti” Vb.86 = Vb.272 ; occurring as “ metti mettāyanā mettāyitattaṃ a

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    feminine to love, to be fat: “mejjati mettā siniyhatī ti attho” love, amity, sympathy, friendliness, active interest in others. There are var. def ns & explains of mettā: the stereotype “ metti mettāyanā mettāyitattaṃ mettā cetovimutti” Vb.86 = Vb.272 ; occurring as “ metti mettāyanā mettāyitattaṃ anudā anudāyana anudāyitattaṃ hitesitā anukampā abyāpādo… kusalamūlaṃ” at Mnd.488 & Dhs.1056 (where T. mettaṃ for metti, but see Dhs trsl. 2 253). By Bdhgh at Snp-a.128 explained in distinction fr. karuṇā (which is “ahita-dukkh-âpanayakāmatā”) as “hita-sukh-ûpanaya-kāmatā,” i.e. desire of bringing welfare & good to one’s fellow-men. Cp def n of mettā at Vism.317 ■ Snp.73 (see Cnd.p.232 ) Snp.967 ; DN.iii.247 sq., DN.iii.279 ; Vism.111 , Vism.321 sq.; Snp-a.54 ; Pv-a.66 (khanti, m., anudaya); Sdhp.484 , Sdhp.487 . Phrases occurring frequently: mettā ceto-vimutti DN.i.251 ; SN.ii.265 ; AN.iv.150 ; Iti.20 ; Vb.86 and passim mettā-sahagatena cetasā with a heart full of love DN.i.250 ; DN.ii.186 ; DN.iii.49 sq., DN.iii.78 , DN.iii.223 sq.; SN.v.115 ; AN.i.183 AN.ii.129 ; AN.iv.390 ; AN.v.299 , AN.v.344 ; explained in detail at Vism.308 mettaṃ karoti (loc.) to be friendly or sympathize with Mhvs.12 , Mhvs.23 ■ In compounds usually mettā˚, but shortened to metta˚ ; in metta- cittaṃ kindly thought, a heart full of love DN.i.167 ; DN.iii.237 ; Snp.507 ; Pv.ii.13#17 ; Ja.vi.71 and metta- jhāna love-meditation, as expl n of m ■ citta at Snp-a.417 ; Pv-a.167 . - aṃsa (mettaṃsa) sympathetic, showing love towards Iti.22 (variant reading ˚āsa); Ja.iv.71 (= metta-koṭṭhāsa mettacitta C.). - kammaṭṭhāna the k. of sympathy Dhp-a.iv.108 . - bhāvanā cultivation or development of friendliness (towards all living beings) Ja.i.176 ; Ja.iii.45 ; Mil.199 ; Vism.295 . - vihārin abiding in kindliness Dhp.368 ; Dhp-a.iv.108 ; Ne.25 ; Vism.324 ; Pv-a.230 . abstr. fr. mitra = mitta, cp. Vedic maitraṃ. According to Asl.192 (cp. Expos. 258) derived fr. mid

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