to be attached to, to be fond of, to cherish, tend, foster, love MN.i.260; SN.iii.190; Thag.1150; Snp.922 (mamāyetha); Mnd.125 (Bhagavantaṃ); Ja.iv.359 (= piyāyati C.); Mil.73 Vb-a.107 (mamāyatī ti m …

…reading MN.i.552 vanāyati) mamāyati “to caress dearly & be extremely jealous of” (c. acc.) at MN.i.260 & SN.iii.190. Ja.iv.5; Ja.v.154…

to favour too much, to spoil or fondle Ja.ii.316.

ati + mamāyati, cp. Sk. atīmamāyate in diff. meaning = envy

…in. Always combined with mamāyati. BSk. same meaning (to be fond of) śālikṣetrāṇi k. gopāyati Divy.631. Morris….

desired, fondled, made much of Ja.iv.198 (explained with the ster. phrase kelāyati mamāyati pattheti piheti icchatī ti attho).

pp. of keḷāyati

…Dhp-a.iv.100); Snp.1056 (cp. Cnd.499).

pp. of mamāyati

mother
■ Cases: nom. sg mātā Snp.296; Dhp.43; Ja.iv.463; Ja.v.83; Ja.vi.117; Cnd.504 (def. as janikā); gen. mātu Thag.473; Vin.i.17; Ja.i.52 mātuyā Ja.i.53; Mhvs.10, Mhvs.80; Pv-a.31; and * …