compassion, pity, mercy DN.i.204; MN.i.161; MN.ii.113; SN.i.206; SN.ii.274 (loka˚), SN.iv.323; SN.v.259 sq.; AN.i.64, AN.i.92; AN.ii.159; AN.iii.49; AN.iv.139 Pp.35
■ Often in abl. anukampāya out of pity, for the sake of DN.iii.211 (loka˚ out of compassion for all mankind, + atthaya hitāya); Ja.iii.280; Pv-a.47, Pv-a.147.

abstr. fr. anukampati