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Unrul3r wrote:I don't understand where the pamojja comes from. I can't see any reference of the composition of the word. Looks more like mudita. Could you explain it?

It comes from pa+mud, the same root as in 'mudita'.

I see. Thank you!

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Old Indian mudirá- m. `cloud', lex. also `frog'; in addition Old Indian mṓdatē `is funny', mṓda- m., mōdana- n. `lust, Fröhlichkeit', av. maoδanō-karana- `Wollust bereitend', Old Indian mudita `blithe, glad', av. a-hǝ̄musta- (*a-sam-musta-) `dessen man nicht froh become kann, unsavory, distasteful'...

Hello Unrul3r, Rhys-Davids'es dictionary gives some Sanskrit and Vedic correspondences, which can be used for etymology investigations: Pīti cp. Class. Sk. prīti & Vedic prīta pp. of prī Pāmojja Cp. BSk. prāmodya Root / lemma: prāi-, prǝi-, prī- (pri-) English meaning: to like, feel well-dispos...

Hello fellow path-treaders! I'd like to know the possible compounds for pamojja and piti . Because of this, I was also wondering if there is a place where I could know the etymology of pali words. Does anyone know? If there is no such place what would be the possible compounds for the words above? M...

It seems so.

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I see. Thank you both for your replies!

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