Mada
Mada，[Vedic mada，mad （see majjati），Idg．*mad，as in Av．mata intoxication，drink，mad，to get intoxicated orig．meaning “drip，be full of liquid or fat”； cp．Gr．madάw dissolve，mastόs breast （mazόs›Amazone），Lat．madeo to be wet，Ohg．mast fattening，Sk．meda grease，fat，Gr．mέzea； mestόs full； Goth．mats eatables，Ags．mōs，Ohg．muos=gemüse，etc．Perhaps connected with *med in Lat．medeor to heal．For further relations see Walde，Lat．Wtb．s．v．madeo．-- The Dhtp （412） & Dhtm （642） explain mad by “ummāde” Dhtm 210 also by “muda，mada=santose”] 1．intoxication，sensual excess，in formula davāya madāya maṇḍanāya （for purposes of sport，excess，personal charm etc．） M．I，355=A．II，40= Nd1 496=Nd2 540=Pug．21=Dhs．1346，1348．The commentator’s explns bearing directly or indirectly on this passage distinguish several kinds of mada，viz．māna-mada & purisa-mada （at DhsA．403； Vism．293），or muṭṭhika-mall’ādayo viya madatthaṁ bala-mada-nimittaṁ porisa-mada-nimittañ cā ti vuttaṁ （at Vism．31）．Sn．218 （mada-pamāda on which passage SnA 273 comments on mada with jāti-mad’ādi-bhedā madā）．-- 2．（as mental state or habit） pride，conceit Miln．289 （māna，m．，pamāda）； Vbh．345 （where 27 such states are given，beginning with jāti°，gotta°，ārogya°，yobbana°，jīvita-mada），350 （where mada is paraphrased by majjanā majjitattaṁ māno ．．．uṇṇati ．．．dhajo sampaggāho ketukamyatā cittassa：same formula，as concluding exegesis of māna at Nd2 505 & Dhs．1116）； sometimes more def．characterised with phrase mada-matta elated with the pride or intoxication of ．．．（-°）．e．g．A．I，147 （yobbana°，ārogya°，jīvita°）； PvA．86 （māna°），280 （bhoga°）．-- The traditional exegesis distinguishes only 3 mada’s，viz．ārogya- mada the pride of health，yobbana° of youth，jīvita° of life：D．III，220； A．I，146．
--nimmadana “disintoxication from intoxication，” freedom from pride or conceit A．II，34； Bu I．81； Vism．293．（Page 518）