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bhavasammuditā

bhavasammudita

masc nom pl of bhavasammudita (adj); fem nom sg of bhavasammudita (adj); fem nom pl of bhavasammudita (adj); nt nom pl of bhavasammudita (adj); …

1. pleased with being; enjoying existence; happy to be

Built from

• bhava — root · becoming, existence
  From √bhū 'to be/become', cognate with Latin esse/fui and English be. In Pali philosophy, bhava means both the process of becoming and the realms of existence in saṁsāra.
• sam — prefix · together, completely
  The spatial sense of gathering together intensifies the following verb; works like Latin con-. Here it emphasizes the completeness of the delight.
• mud — root · rejoice, gladden
  Verb stem for joy and gladness; related to Latin mutāre 'to move' in its sense of emotional movement.
• ita — ending · past participle
  Marks sammudita as a past participle used adjectivally, 'one who has been gladdened', hence 'pleased, delighted'.

Analysis. bhava (becoming, existence) + sammudita (pleased, delighted) — 'pleased with becoming/existence'; the compound expresses an attitude toward saṁsāra itself rather than a condition caused by external things.

Etymology. sammudita from sam + mudita: sam- (together, completely) + mudita (gladdened, pp of √mud 'to rejoice'). √mud is cognate with Latin mutāre 'to move' and English mood (originally 'movement of mind'); the prefix sam- intensifies the sense of wholehearted delight. bhava from √bhū 'to become', the same root as Latin fui, English be.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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