The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

˚p!s!*a a sort of ornamental building stone Mhvs 30, 59 (v. l., T. meda˚; trsl. fat -- coloured stones). See
meda˚.
Mecaka
Mecaka (adj.) [cp. Vedic mecaka] black, dark blue DhsA 13.
Mejjati
Mejjati [cp. Vedic midyati, to mid, see meda Dhtp 160, 413 & Dhtm 641 give mid with meaning
"snehane"] to be fat, to be full of fat; fig. to be in love with or attracted by, to feel affection (this meaning
only as a "petitio principii" to explain mett!) DhsA 192 (v. l. mijjati; =siniyhati).
Mejjha
Mejjha (adj. -- nt.) [*medhya; fr. medha] 1. (adj.) [to medha1] fit for sacrifice, pure; neg. a˚ impure Sdhp
363. 2. (nt.) [to medha2 & medh!vin] in dum˚ foolishness Pug 21=Dhs 390 (expld at DhsA 254 by "ya' . . .
citta -- sant!na' mejjha' bhaveyya suci -- vod!na' ta' du&&ha' mejjha' imin! ti dummejjha'").
Me*.a
Me*.a [dial., cp. Prk. mP*&ha & mi*&ha: Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 293. The Dhtm (156) gives a root me*. (me.)
in meaning of "ko&illa," i. e. crookedness. The Ved. (Sk.) word for ram is me+a] 1. a ram D i.9; J iv.250,
353 (˚vis!*a -- dhanu, a bow consisting of a ram's horn). -- ˚patha Npl. "ram's road" Nd1 155=415. --
˚yuddha ram fight D i.6. -- 2. a groom, elephant -- driver in cpd. hatthi˚ elephants' keeper J iii.431; v.287;
vi.489.
Me*.aka
Me*.aka (adj.) [fr. me*.a] 1. made of ram(s) horn, said of a (very strong) bow J ii.88 (˚dhanu); v.128
(˚singadhanu). -- 2. belonging to a ram, in me*.aka -- pañha "question about the ram" Miln 90 alluding to
the story of a ram in the Ummagga -- j!taka (J vi.353 -- 55), which is told in form of a question, so difficult
& puzzling that nobody "from hell to heaven" (J vi.354) can answer it except the Bodhisatta. Cp.
Trenckner's remark Miln 422.
Metta
Metta (adj. nt.) [cp. Vedic maitra "belonging to Mitra"; Epic Sk. maitra "friendly," fr. mitra] friendly,
benevolent, kind as adj. at D iii.191 (mettena k!ya -- kammena etc.), 245 (˚' vac" -- kamma'); as nt. for
mett! in cpds. of mett! (cp. metta'sa) and by itself at D i.227 (metta'+citta'), perhaps also at Sn 507.
Mett!
Mett! (f.) [abstr. fr. mitra=mitta, cp. Vedic maitra'. According to Asl. 192 (cp. Expos. 258) derived fr. mid
to love, to be fat: "mejjati mett! siniyhat" ti attho"] love, amity, sympathy, friendliness, active interest in
others. There are var. defns & explns of mett!: the stereotype "metti mett!yan! mett!yitatta' mett!
cetovimutti" Vbh 86=272; occurring as "metti mett!yan! mett!yitatta' anud! anud!yana anud!yitatta'
hitesit! anukamp! aby!p!do . . . kusalam(la'" at Nd1 488 & Dhs 1056 (where T. metta' for metti, but see
Dhs trsl.2 253). By Bdhgh at SnA 128 expld in distinction fr. karu*! (which is "ahita -- dukkh --
âpanayak!mat!") as "hita -- sukh -- ûpanaya -- k!mat!," i. e. desire of bringing welfare & good to one's
fellow -- men. Cp. defn of mett! at Vism 317. -- Sn 73 (see Nd2 p. 232), 967; D iii.247 sq., 279; Vism 111,
321 sq.; SnA 54; PvA 66 (khanti, m., anudaya); Sdhp 484, 487. Phrases occurring frequently: mett!
ceto -- vimutti D i.251; S ii.265; A iv.150; It 20; Vbh 86 and passim. mett! -- sahagatena cetas! with a heart