Mahamaitri, Mahāmaitrī, Maha-maitri: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāmaitrī (महामैत्री):—[(ma + mai)] f. grosse Zuneigung, grosses Mitleid [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 26.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāmaitrī (महामैत्री):—f. grosse Zuneigung , grosses Mitleid.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Maitri, Maha.
Starts with: Mahamaitrimahakarunamukhoddyotana, Mahamaitrimahakarunamukhodyotana, Mahamaitrisamadhi.
Full-text: Mahamaitrisamadhi, Mahakaruna, Prema, Satyalambana, Analambana, Dharmalambana, Smitamukha, Mudita, Karuna, Upeksha, Maitri, Mahopeksha, Mahamudita, Spharana, Mahasattva.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Chapter XLII - The Great Loving-kindness and the Great Compassion of the Buddhas
Chapter XXXIX - The Ten Powers of the Buddha according to the Abhidharma
I. Great Loving-kindness (mahāmaitrī) and Great Compassion (mahākaruṇā) < [Chapter XLII - The Great Loving-kindness and the Great Compassion of the Buddhas]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 1 - The Kashmirian Scholar Śākyaśrī < [Book 15 - Monastic Systems]