Muta
Muta，[for mata，cp．Geiger．P．Gr．§ 18] thought，supposed，imagined （i．e．received by other vaguer sense impressions than by sight & hearing） M．I，3； Sn．714 （=phusan’arahaṁ SnA 498），812； J．V，398 （=anumata C．）； Vbh．14，429 sq．-- Often in set diṭṭha suta muta what is seen，heard & thought （? more likely “felt，” cp．Nd2 298：diṭṭha=cakkhunā d．，sutaṁ=sotena s．，mutaṁ=ghānena ghāyitaṁ，jivhāya sāyitaṁ，kāyena phuṭṭaṁ，and viññātaṁ=manasā v．； so that from the interpretation it follows that d．s．m．v．refer to the action （perception） of the 6 senses，where muta covers the 3 of taste，smell & touch，and viññāta the function of the manas） S．I，186 （K．S．I．237 note）； IV，73； Th．I，1216．Similarly the psychol．analysis of the senses at Dhs．961：rūp’āyatanaṁ diṭṭhaṁ； sadd-āyat．sutaṁ； gandh°，ras°，phoṭṭhabb° mutaṁ； sabbaṁ rūpaṁ manasā viññātaṁ．See on this passage Dhs．trsl．§ 961 note．In the same sense DhsA．388 （see Expositor，II．439）．-- D．III，232； Sn．790 （cp．Nd1 87 sq．in extenso） 793，798，812，887，901，914，1086，1122．Thus quite a main tenet of the old （popular） psychology．
--maṅgalika one who prophesies from，or derives lucky auspices from impressions （of sense； as compd with diṭṭha-maṅgalika visible-omen-hunter，and suta-m．sound-augur） J．IV，73 （where C．clearly expls by “touch”）； KhA 119 （the same expln more in detail）．--visuddhika of great purity，i．e．orthodox，successful，in matters of touch Nd1 89，90．--suddhi purity in matter of touch Nd1 104，105．（Page 536）