pītiṁ

feminine emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; SN.iv.236; AN.iii.26, AN.iii.285 sq.; AN.iv.411, AN.iv.450; AN.v.1 sq., AN.v.135, AN.v.311 sq. AN.v.333 sq.; Snp.257, Snp.687, Snp.695, Snp.969, Snp.1143 (= Bhagavantaṃ ārabbha p. pāmujjaṃ modanā pamodanā citti-odagyaṃ etc. Cnd.446); Mnd.3, Mnd.491; Pp.68; Dhs.9, Dhs.62, Dhs.86, Dhs.172 Dhs.584, Dhs.999; Ne.29; Vism.145 (& sukha in contrasted relation), Vism.212, Vism.287 (in detail); DN-a.i.53 (characterised by ānanda); Dhp-a.i.32; Sdhp.247, Sdhp.461. On relation to jhāna see the latter. In series pīti passaddhi samādhi upekkhā under sambojjhaṅga (with eleven means of cultivation: see Vism.132 & Vb-a.282)
■ Phrase; pītiyā sarīraṃ pharati “to pervade or thrill the body with joy” (aor. phari), at Ja.i.33; Ja.v.494; Dhp-a.ii.118 Dhp-a.iv.102; all passages refer to pīti as the fivefold pīti pañcavaṇṇā pīti, or joy of the 5 grades (see Dhs. trsl. 11, 12, and Cpd. 56), viz. khuddikā (slight sense of interest), khaṇikā (momentary joy), okkantikā (oscillating interest, flood of joy), ubbegā (ecstasy, thrilling emotion), and pharaṇā pīti (interest amounting to rapture, suffusing joy). Thus given at Dhs-a.115 Vism.143, referred to at Dhs-a.166
■ pīti as; nirāmisa (pure) and sāmisa (material) at MN.iii.85; SN.iv.235.

-gamanīya pleasant or enjoyable to walk MN.i.117 -pāmojja joy and gladness AN.iii.181. AN.iii.307 (˚pāmujja) Dhp.374; Dhp-a.iv.110; Kp-a.82. -pharaṇatā state of being pervaded with joy, joyous rapture, ecstasy DN.iii.277; Pts.i.48; Vb.334; Ne.89. -bhakkha feeding on joy (Ep. of the Ābhassara Devas) DN.i.17; DN.iii.28, DN.iii.84, DN.iii.90; AN.v.60; Dhp.200