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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Mudati [for modati?] in exegetical expln of "muti" at VbhA 412: mudat" ti muti. See muti.<br />

Mudayant"<br />

Mudayant" (f.) [cp. Sk. modayant"] a certain plant, perhaps Ptychotis ajowan J vi.536.<br />

Mud!<br />

Mud! (f.) [fr. mud, see modati] joy, pleasure D ii.214 (v. l. pamud!); Sdhp 306, 308.<br />

Mudinga<br />

Mudinga see mutinga.<br />

Mudita<br />

Mudita [pp. of mud, modati] pleased, glad, satisfied, only in cpd. ˚mana (adj.) with gladdened heart,<br />

pleased in mind Sn 680 (+udagga); Vv 8315 (+pasanna -- citta). Cp. pa˚.<br />

Mudit!<br />

Mudit! (f.) [abstr. fr. mudu, for the usual mudut!, which in P. is only used in ord. sense, whilst mudit! is in<br />

pregnant sense. Its semantic relation to mudita (pp. of mud) has led to an etym. relation in the same sense in<br />

the opinion of P. Commentators and the feeling of the Buddhist teachers. That is why Childers also derivers<br />

it from mud, as does Bdhgh. -- BSk. after the <strong>Pali</strong>: mudit! Divy 483] soft -- heartedness, kindliness,<br />

sympathy. Often in triad mett! ("active love" SnA 128), karu*! ("preventive love," ibid.), mudit!<br />

("disinterested love": modanti vata bho satt! modanti s!dhu sutth( ti !din! mayena hita -- sukh'<br />

âvippayogak!mat! mudit! SnA 128); e. g. at D i.251; S v.118; A i.196 etc. (see karu*!). -- Cp. also Sn 73;<br />

D iii.50, 224, 248; Miln 332 (˚saññ!;+mett!˚, karu*!˚); Vism 318 (where defined as "modanti t!ya, ta' --<br />

samangino, saya' v! modati etc."); DhsA 192. See on term Dhs trsl. §251 (where equalled to<br />

sugxairosu/nh); Cpd. 24 (called sympathetic & appreciative), 97 (called "congratulatory & benevolent<br />

attitude"); Expos. 200 (interpretation here refers to mudut! DhsA 151 "plasticity").<br />

Mudu<br />

Mudu (adj.) [Vedic m%du, fr. m%d: see maddati; cp. Lat. mollis (fr. *mold9is); Gr. a)maldu/nw to weaken,<br />

Cymr. blydd soft] soft, mild, weak, tender D ii.17= iii.143 (+talu*a); A ii.151 (pañcindriy!ni mud(ni, soft,<br />

blunt, weak: opp. tikkha); S ii.268 (˚talu*a -- hatthap!d!); Sn 447 (=muduka SnA 393); Th 1, 460<br />

(=loving); Pv i.92; Vism 64; PvA 46, 230. Compar. mudutara S v.201. -- indriya (mud˚) weak, slow<br />

minded, of dull senses Ps i.121=ii.195; Vism 87. -- citta a tender heart PvA 54. -- cittat! kind (soft)<br />

heartedness DhA i.234. -- pi&&hika having a soft (i. e. pliable) back Vin iii.35. -- bh(ta supple, malleable D<br />

i.76 (+kammaniya); Pug 68. -- maddava soft & tender (said of food taken by young women to preserve<br />

their good looks) DhsA 403. -- hadaya tender -- hearted DhA ii.5.<br />

Muduka<br />

Muduka (adj.) [fr. mudu]=mudu. -- 1. flexible, pliable, soft S ii.221 (sangh!&i); Vism 66 (giving in easily,<br />

cpd. with ukka&&ha & majjhima); KhA 49 (˚a&&hik!ni soft bones); Mhvs 25, 102 (sayana); bh(mi Miln 34. --<br />

2. soft, mild, gentle, kindly, tender -- hearted J v.83 (m. hadaya), 155; Miln 229 (citta' m.); SnA 84<br />

(˚j!tika), 393; DhA i.249 (citta); PvA 243. -- 3. soft, weak, pampered, spoilt S ii.268 (of the Licchavi<br />

princes). -- See also maddava, & cp. ati˚.

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