Mudit¤: (f.) [abstr. fr. mudu, for the usual mudut¤, which in P. is only used in ord. sense, whilst mudit¤ is in pregnant sense. Its semantic relation to mudita (pp. of mud) has led to an etym. relation in the same sense in the opinion of P. Commentators and the feeling of the Buddhist teachers. That is why Childers also derivers it from mud, as does Bdhgh. - BSk. after the Pali: mudit¤ Divy 483] soft-heartedness, kindliness, sympathy. Often in triad mett¤ ("active love" SnA 128), karu¼¤ ("preventive love," ibid.), mudit¤ ("disinterested love": modanti vata bho satt¤ modanti s¤dhu sutth¬ ti ¤din¤ mayena hita-sukh' ¢vippayogak¤mat¤ mudit¤ SnA 128); e. g. at D I.251; S V.118; A I.196 etc. (see karu¼¤). - Cp. also Sn 73; D III.50, 224, 248; Miln 332 (^-sa¾¾a;+mett¤^-, karu¼¤^-); Vism 318 (where defined as "modanti t¤ya, ta¸-samangino, saya¸ v¤ modati etc."); DhsA 192. See on term Dhs trsl. §251 (where equalled to sugxairosu/nh); Cpd. 24 (called sympathetic & appreciative), 97 (called "congratulatory & benevolent attitude"); Expos. 200 (interpretation here refers to mudut¤ DhsA 151 "plasticity").