# मैत्री (maitrī) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/maitri 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. - **Root:** 1. कृ (1. kṛ) - **SLP1:** `mEtrI` **IAST:** maitrī **Devanagari:** मैत्री - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitr%C4%AB - **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/maitri/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** मैत्रि (maitri) ## Meanings by context ### Friendship & Benevolence (9 definitions) - friendly, benevolent, affectionate, or kind *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (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 ] - an alliance based on good-will *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ( scil. संधि (saṃdhi) ) an alliance based on good-will, Kāmandakīya-nītisāra (Title) [ ID=168136 ] - a friend *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a friend (= मित्र (mitra) ), Pāṇini (Author) v, 4, 36, Vārtt. 4, Patañjali (Author) [ ID=168137 ] - friendship *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > मैत्र (maitra) n. ( ifc. आ (ā) ) friendship, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=168144 ] - a multitude of friends *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a multitude of friends, Mahābhārata (Title) ( Nīlakaṇṭha (Author) ) [ ID=168145 ] - friendship, benevolence, and good will *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 834,2] मैत्री (maitrī) b f. 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. *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > 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 ] - 1. Friendly or well-disposed. 2. Given by or belonging to a friend. 3. Relating to the god Mitra. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > 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 ] - 1. Friendship. 2. Association, union, or contact. 3. The constellation Anuradha. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > [Printed book page 586-11 ] मैत्री (maitrī) f. 1. Friendship; 2. association, union, contact, स्फुटितकमलामोदमैत्री (maitrī) कषायः (sphuṭitakamalāmodamaitrīkaṣāyaḥ) Megh. i.31; 3. the constellation Anurādhā. [ ID=30937 ] ### Meanings of 'Maitra' (m/n) (6 definitions) - a friend of all creatures or a Brahman who has reached the highest state of human perfection *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > 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 ] - a particular mixed caste or degraded tribe *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a partic. mixed caste or degraded tribe (the offspring of an out-caste Vaiśya; cf. मैत्रेयक (maitreyaka) ), Manu-smṛti (Title) x, 23 [ ID=168135 ] - the anus *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the anus, Manvarthamuktāvalī, KullūkaBhaṭṭa’s commentary on Manu-smṛti (Title) on Manu-smṛti (Title) xii, 72 [ ID=168139 ] - a proper name commonly used as a placeholder for an imaginary person in grammar and philosophy examples *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a man's N. much used as the N. of an imaginary person in giving examples in gram. and philos. ( cf. चैत्र (caitra) and Lat. Caius ) [ ID=168140 ] - of a preceptor *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a preceptor, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=168142 ] - evacuation of excrement *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > evacuation of excrement (presided over by Mitra; मैत्रं (maitraṃ) √ 1. कृ (kṛ), to void excr° ), Manu-smṛti (Title) iv, 152 [ ID=168148 ] ### Astronomical/Astrological Term (3 definitions) - Name of the twelfth astrological Yoga *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of the 12th astrol. Yoga, Colebrooke (Author) [ ID=168138 ] - constellation *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > = - नक्षत्र (-nakṣatra), Sūryasiddhānta (Title) [ ID=168146 ] - the nakshatra Anuradha *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of the Nakṣatra Anurādhā, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=168208 ] ### Personified Deity (Maitrī) (3 definitions) - Benevolence personified *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > Benevolence personified (as the daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma), Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=168205 ] - benevolence *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > मैत्री (maitrī) [Printed book page 460-1 ] Maitrī (“benevolence,” personif.). § 310 b (Sūrya): III, 3, 199. [ ID=6968 ] - A daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma, and mother of Prasada. *The Purana Index* > मैत्री (maitrī) [Printed book page 2-739 ] Maitrī — a daughter of Dakṣa and a wife of Dharma; mother of Prasāda. Bhā. IV. 1. 49-50. [ ID=11072 ] ### Related to God Mitra (3 definitions) - belonging or relating to Mitra *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > belonging or relating to Mitra, Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=168133 ] - An epithet of the sun god Mitra. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of an Āditya (= मित्र (mitra) ), Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=168141 ] - an early morning prayer addressed to Mitra *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > an early morning prayer addressed to Mitra, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=168147 ] ### Textual/Formulary Names (2 definitions) - thread *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > = - सूत्र (-sūtra). [ ID=168149 ] - Name of an Upanishad *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of an Upaniṣad ( cf. under मैत्रि (maitri) ). [ ID=168209 ] ### Association & Union (1 definition) - close contact or union *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > close contact or union, Meghadūta (Title); Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa (Title) [ ID=168206 ] ### Equality & Similarity (1 definition) - equality, similarity *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ( ifc. ) equality, similarity, Prasannarāghava (Title) [ ID=168207 ] ### Linguistic Pointers (1 definition) - See below *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1B) [Printed book page 834,1] मैत्री (maitrī) a ( ई (ī) ), f. See below [ ID=168143 ] ## Sources Definitions from 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, University of Cologne. 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