मैत्री (maitrī) is a Sanskrit word meaning friendly, benevolent, affectionate, or kind, belonging or relating to Mitra, a particular mixed caste or degraded tribe, an alliance based on good-will, a friend, name of the twelfth astrological Yoga. Its 29 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Friendship & Benevolence, Meanings of 'Maitra' (m/n), Astronomical/Astrological Term.
(H1) [Printed book page 834,1] मैत्र (maitra)mf(ई (ī))n. (fr.मित्र (mitra), of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) coming from or given by or belonging to a friend, friendly, amicable, benevolent, affectionate, kind, Manu-smṛti (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ID=168132]
(H2) [Printed book page 834,2] मैत्री (maitrī)bf. friendship, friendliness, benevolence, good will (one of the 4 perfect states with Buddhists, Dharmasaṃgraha (Title) 16 ; cf.Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 128 ), Mahābhārata (Title) ; Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. [ID=168204]
1. Goodwill or friendship. 2. Close association or union. 3. Equality or similarity.
मैत्री (maitrī) [Printed book page 236-1] मैत्री (maitrī) maitr-ī, f. goodwill (towards, lc.); friendship, intimate association; close contact, union (with, —°, of inanimate objects); equality, similarity with (—°); Good will (personified as daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma): -pakṣa-pāta,m. partiality for any oneʼs friendship; -pūrva,a. preceded by friendship; -bhāva,m. friendship; -maya, a. humane. [ID=14514]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Friendly or well-disposed. 2. Given by or belonging to a friend. 3. Relating to the god Mitra.
मैत्र (maitra)ी (maitrī) [Printed book page 586-07] मैत्र (maitra)(I) a. (f. त्री (trī)) 1. Friendly, amicable, well-disposed, Bg. xii.13; 2. given by a friend; 3. belonging to a friend; 4. relating to the god Mitra, K.S. viii.6. [ID=30930.1]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Friendship. 2. Association, union, or contact. 3. The constellation Anuradha.
a friend of all creatures or a Brahman who has reached the highest state of human perfection
मैत्र (maitra)m. ‘friend of all creatures’, a Brāhman who has arrived at the highest state of human perfection, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=168134]
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Definitions on this page come from 5 works:
Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
