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मुदिताmuditā

मुदिता (muditā) is a Sanskrit word meaning delighted, joyful, glad, a particular sort of servant, joy, gladness, complacency, sympathy in joy, a kind of sexual embrace, a particular Siddhi according to Samkhya schools. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Adjective: Glad, Joyful, Delighted, Noun: Joy, Gladness, Sympathetic Joy (Buddhist Concept), Specific Meanings of Mudita (non-feminine forms).

Definitions
10
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Meanings by context

Adjective: Glad, Joyful, Delighted

2 definitions
delighted, joyful, glad

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Glad, happy, delighted

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Noun: Joy, Gladness, Sympathetic Joy (Buddhist Concept)

2 definitions
joy, gladness, complacency

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

sympathy in joy

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Specific Meanings of Mudita (non-feminine forms)

2 definitions
a particular sort of servant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a kind of sexual embrace

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lexicographical Note: Possible Misreading

1 definition
A wrong reading for nudita and sudita.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Philosophical Term: A Siddhi (Sāṃkhya)

1 definition
a particular Siddhi according to Samkhya schools

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Noun: Name of a Person (Wife of Saha)

1 definition
wife of Saha

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Proper Noun: Name of a River

1 definition
a river of the Plakshadvipa

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.