feminine calmness, tranquillity, repose, serenity MN.iii.86; SN.ii.30; SN.iv.78; SN.v.66; AN.iv.455 sq.; Pts.ii.244; Dhs.40 (kāya˚), Dhs.41 (citta˚), cp. Dhs trsl. 23; Vism.129; Vb-a.314 (kāya˚, citta˚); Dhs-a.150 (= samassāsa-ppatta). Often combined with pāmujja pīti;, e.g. DN.i.72, DN.i.73, DN.i.196; Ne.29, Ne.66. Six passaddhis at SN.iv.217 (with ref. to vācā, vitakka-vicārā, pīti assāsa-passāsā, saññā-vedanā, rāga-dosa-moha, through the 4 jhānas etc.). Passaddhi is one of the 7 sambojjhaṅgas (constituents of enlightenment): see this & cp. MN.iii.86; Vism.130, Vism.134 = Vb-a.282 (where 7 conditions of this state are enumerated).
fr. pa + śrambh