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muditaṁ

mudita

accusative singular neuter of mudita, past participle of mudati

  1. sympathetic joy, delighting in others' welfare
  2. gladdened, rejoiced

Etymology. From √mud "to be glad, delight"; cognate with Sanskrit muda- "joy" and the PIE root *meuǝ- "to push, move" underlying Latin movēre "move" and English move (joy as a stirring of the heart). In Buddhist ethics, mudita is one of the four brahmaviharas (divine abodes), the cultivated joy in others' happiness and success.

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

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