The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mudut!
Mudut! (f.) [cp. Sk. m%dut!; abstr. fr. mudu. See also mudit!] softness, impressibility, plasticity A i.9; D
iii.153 (trsln "loveliness"); Dhs 44 (+maddavat!); 1340 (id.); Vism 463 sq.; DhsA 151 (=mudubh!va); cp.
Dhs. trsl. §1340.
-- 538 --
Mudd!
Mudd! (f.) [cp. (late?) Sk. mudr!] 1. a seal, stamp, impression; -- r!ja˚ the royal seal DhA i.21. Also with
ref. to the State Seal at Miln 280, 281 in cpds. muddak!ma (amacca) & mudda -- pa&il!bha. -- 2. the art of
calculation mentioned as a noble craft (ukka&&ha' sippa') at Vin iv.7 (with ga*an! & lekh!), as the first of
the sipp!ni (with ga*an!) at M i.85=Nd2 199. Further at Miln 3, 59, 78 sq., 178. Cp. BSk. mudr! in same
sense (e. g. at Divy 3, 26, 58 in set lipy!, sankhy!, ga*an!, m.). Bdhgh's expln of mudd! D i.11 m.+ga*an!
(see DA i.95) as "hattha -- mudd! -- ga*an!" is doubtful; since at Miln 78 sq. mudd! & ga*an! are two
quite diff. things. See also Franke, D"gha trsl. p. 18, with note (he marks mudd! "Finger -- Rechnen"
with?); and cp. Kern, Toev. i.166 s. v. mudd!. The Dial. i.21 trsl. "counting on the fingers" (see Dial. i.21,
22 with literature & more refs.). -- hattha˚ is signlanguage, gesture (lit. hand -- arithmetic), a means of
communicating (question & answer) by signs, as clearly evident fr. J vi.364 (hattha -- mudd!ya na'
pucchiss!mi . . . mu&&hi' ak!si, s! "aya' me . . . pucchati" ti ñatv! hattha' vik!sesi, so ñatv! . . .; he then
asks by word of mouth). -- hattha -- mudda' karoti to make a sign, to beckon J iii.528; cp. Vin v.163: na
hatthavik!ro k!tabbo, na hattha -- mudd! dassetabb!. -- âdhikara*a the office of the keeper of the Privy
Seal, Chancellorship Miln 281.
Muddika
Muddika (adj. n.) [fr. mudd!] one who practises mudd! (i. e. knowledge of signs) D i.51 (in list of
occupations, combd with ga*aka & trsld Dial. i.68 by "accountant"; cp. Franke, D"gha p. 53, "Finger --
rechner"?) Vin iv.8 (m., ga*aka, lekhaka); S iv.376 (ga*aka, m., sankh!yaka).
Muddik!
Muddik!1 (f.) [fr. mudd!] a seal ring, signet -- ring, finger- ring J i.134; iii.416; iv.439; DhA i.394; ii.4 (a
ring given by the king to the keeper of the city gates as a sign of authority, and withdrawn when the gates
are closed at night); iv.222. anguli˚ finger -- ring, signetring Vin ii.106; J iv.498; v.467. -- Similarly as at
DhA ii.4 (muddika' !har!peti) muddik! is fig. used in meaning of "authority," command; in phrase
muddika' deti to give the order, to command Miln 379 (with ref. to the captain of a ship).
Muddik!
Muddik!2 (f.) [fr. mudu, cp. *Sk. m%dv"k!] a vine or bunch of grapes, grape, grape wine Vin i.246 (˚p!na);
J iv.529; DhA ii.155.
Muddha
Muddha1 [pp. of muh, for the usual m()ha, corresp. to Sk. mugdha. Not=m%ddha (of m%dh to neglect)
which in P. is maddhita: see pari˚; nor=m%dhra disdained] infatuated, bewildered, foolish J v.436. --
dh!tuka bewildered in one's nature, foolish(ly) J iv.391 (v. l. luddha˚); DhA iii.120 (v. l. danta˚ & m()a˚).
Muddha & Muddh!