Pāli Dictionary

mudita1

mudrootitasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mud1be glad

mind

  • glad; pleased; satisfied (past participle of mud/modati, ‘to rejoice’)

  • MN 56

    akathaṃkathissa tusitassa, vantalok'āmisassa muditassa, katasamaṇassa manujassa, antimasārīrassa narassa, anopamassa virajassa, bhagavato tassa sāvako'ham'asmi.

mudita2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Mudita, name of an arahant monk (author of Thag 311–314, known for tireless striving)

muditā

approximate

mudrootitāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

mud1be glad

Literal

gladness

mind

  • altruistic joy; sympathetic joy; gladness at the success and happiness of others; third of the four divine abidings

  • DN 13

    muditāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati

Encyclopedia

Mudita
Person

  • A monk of Kosala who fled to the forest when his clan fell into royal disfavour, was ordained by an Arahant he met there, and himself attained Arahantship through insight practice.

Thag 4.12

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