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					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 (=mittabhāva C.).The half-scientific,half-popular etym.of mitta,as given at VbhA.108,is “mettāyantī ti mittā,minantī ti vā m.; sabba-guyhesu anto pakkhipantī 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.āgārika° (a house- or lay-friend) and anāgārika° (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 kalyāṇa-mitta (see under kalyāṇa).-- Mitta is often combd with similar terms,devoting relationship or friendship,e.g.with amaccā colleagues and ñāti-sālohita° blood-relations,in ster.phrase at Vin.II,126; A.I,222; Sn.p.104; PvA.28; cp.ñāti-mittā relatives & friends Pv.I,59; suhada (“dear heart”) D.III,187 (four types,cp.m.paṭirūpaka); suhajja one who is dear to one’s heart PvA.191; sahāya 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.pāpa-mitta bad friend PvA.5.-- For refs.see e.g.Sn.58,255,296,338; Dh.78,375.
  --âbhirādhin one who pleases his friends J.IV,274 (=mittesu adubbhamāno 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); °dūbha J.IV,352; VI,310; °dūbhin [cp.Sk.°drohin] J.IV,257; V,97 (°kamma); VI,375; DhA.II,23.--paṭirūpaka a false friend,one pretending to be a friend D.III,185 (four types:añña-d-atthu-hara,vacī-parama,anuppiyabhāṇin,apāya-sahāya,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 --vaṇṇa pretence of friendship,a sham friendship Pv IV.86 (=mitta-rūpa,m.-paṭirūpatā PvA.268).(Page 532)