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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 33

[33] What on that occasion is the joy faculty (somanassindriya)? That which on that occasion is mental ease, mental pleasure; the easeful, pleasant experience born of mind-contact (cetosamphassa); the easeful, pleasant feeling (vedanā) born of mind-contact — this on that occasion is the joy faculty.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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