sanandita (15714)

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sanandita
Entry 15714, Page 555, Col. 1
(sanandita, sanandita)
sanandita¦, f. °tā, an ep. of the (or a, any) Bodhi- sattva's mother (in Senart's Index capitalized, as if n. pr.! but it is one of a long list of epithets, all loc. sg.): …pramadottamāyāṃ °ditāyāṃ abhilakṣitāyāṃ (q.v., with mss.)…Mv ii.9.1 (prose). The mg. is not clear; sa- (q.v.) plus Skt. nandita, rejoiced, happy? Or Bhvr. with sa- (as in Skt.) plus nandi(n)-tā, who has the quality rejoicing or giving joy ?

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