The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

mithy!pra*idh!na Divy 14]. -- patha wrong road, wrong course Vbh 145 (lit. & fig.; in exegesis of di&&hi,
cp. Nd2 ta*h! iii.; Dhs 381; DhsA 253).
Miñja
Miñja (nt.) & miñj! (f.) [Vedic majjan (fr. majj?); on form see Geiger. P.Gr. § 91, & cp. Pischel, Prk. Gr.
§§ 74, 101] marrow, pith, kernel Vin i.25 (in sequence chavi, camma, ma'sa, nah!ru, a&&hi, miñj!); Vism
235 (id.); Kh iii. (a&&hi˚, f. cp. KhA 52, nt.); J iv.402 (t!la˚ pith of the palm); Mhvs 28. 28 (panasa˚, f.,
kernels of the seeds of the jak -- fruit). -- r!si heap of marrow Vism 260 (=matthalunga).
Miñjaka
Miñjaka=miñja, only in tela˚ inner kernels of tila -- seed, made into a cake PvA 51. See do*"2.
Mita
Mita [Vedic mita, pp. of m!, min!ti, to measure; also in meaning "moderate, measured," cp. in same sense
Gr. me/trios] measured, in measure D i.54 (do*a˚ a do*a measure full); Sn 300 (bh!gaso m. measured in
harmonious proportions, i. e. stately); Pv i.1013 (id.); J iii.541. -- amita unlimited, without measure,
boundless, in Ep. amit -- !bha of boundless lustre Sdhp 255. Also N. of a Buddha. -- !h!ra measured, i. e.
limited food Sn 707. -- bh!*in speaking measuredly, i. e. in moderation Dh 227; J iv.252.
Mitta
Mitta (m. nt.) [cp. Vedic mitra, m. & nt., friend; Av. mipro, friend] friend. Usually m., although nt. occurs
in meaning "friend," in sg. (Nett 164) & pl. (Sn 185, 187); in meaning "friendship" at J vi.375 (=mittabh!va
C.). The half -- scientific, half -- popular etym. of mitta, as given at VbhA 108, is "mett!yant" ti mitt!,
minant" ti v! m.; sabba -- guyhesu anto pakkhipant" ti attho" (the latter: "they enclose in all that is hidden").
-- Two kinds of friends are distinguished at Nd2 510 (in exegesis of Sn 37 & 75), viz. !g!rika˚ (a house --
or lay -- friend) and an!g!rika˚ (a homeless -- or clericalfriend). The former is possessed of all ordinary
qualities of kindness and love, the latter of special virtues of mind & heart. -- A friend who acts as a sort of
Mentor, or spiritual adviser, is called a kaly!*a -- mitta (see under kaly!*a). -- Mitta is often combd with
similar terms, devoting relationship or friendship, e. g. with amacc! colleagues and ñ!ti -- s!lohita˚ blood --
relations, in ster. phrase at Vin ii.126; A i.222; Sn p. 104; PvA 28; cp. ñ!ti -- mitt! relatives & friends Pv
i.59; suhada ("dear heart") D iii.187 (four types, cp. m. pa&ir(paka); suhajja one who is dear to one's heart
PvA 191; sah!ya companion PvA 86. The neut. form occurs for kind things D iii.188; S i.37. -- Opp.
sapatta enemy PvA 13; amitta a sham friend or enemy Sn 561 (= paccatthika SnA 455); D iii.185. p!pa --
mitta bad friend PvA 5. -- For refs. see e. g. Sn 58, 255, 296, 338; Dh 78, 375. -- âbhir!dhin one who
pleases his friends J iv.274 (=mittesu adubbham!no C.) -- ddu [cp. Sk. mitra -- druha] one who injures or
betrays his friends S i.225; Sn 244; J iv.260; also in foll. forms: ˚dubbha Pv ii.93 (same passage at J iv.352;
v.240; vi.310, 375); ˚d(bha J iv.352; vi.310; ˚d(bhin [cp. Sk. ˚drohin] J iv.257; v.97 (˚kamma); vi.375;
DhA ii.23. -- pa&ir(paka a false friend, one pretending to be a friend D iii.185 (four types: añña -- d -- atthu
-- hara, vac" -- parama, anuppiyabh!*in, ap!ya -- sah!ya, i. e. one who takes anything, one who is a great
talker, one who flatters, one who is a spendthrift companion.) -- bandhava a relation in friendship, one who
is one's relative as a friend Nd2 455 (where Nd1 11 has manta -- bandhava). -- bheda see mithu -- bheda --
va**a pretence of friendship, a sham friendship Pv iv.86 (=mitta -- r(pa, m. -- pa&ir(pat! PvA 268).
Mittat!
Mittat! (f.) -- (˚) [abstr. fr. mitta] state of being a friend, friendship, in kaly!*a˚ being a good friend,
friendship as a helper (see kaly!*a) D iii.274; Vism 107.
Mitti