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सनन्दित (sanandita)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
sanandita, f. °tā, an ep. of the (or a, any) Bodhisattvaʼs mother (in Senartʼs 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?