neuter ~ā, feminine
Anumodana (neuter) [from anumodati] "according to taste", i.e. satisfaction, thanks, especially after a meal or after receiving gifts = to say grace or benediction, blessings thanksgiving. In latter sense with dadāti (give thanks for = locative), karoti (= Latin gratias agere) or vacati (say or tell thanks): °ṃ datvā Pv-a 89; °ṃ katvā Ja I 91; Dhp-a III 170, 172; Vv-a 118; Pv-a 17, 47; °ṃ vatvā Vv-a 40 (pānīyadāne for the gift of water), 295, 306 etc. °ṃ karoti also "to do a favour" Pv-a 275. Cf. further Dhp-a I 198 (°gāthā verses expressing thanks, benediction); II 97 (satthāraṃ °ṃ yāciṃsu asked his blessings; Pv-a 23 (°atthaṃ in order to thank), 26 (the same), 121, 141 (katabhatta°), 142; Saddh 213, 218, 516.
approval, assent; thanks, expression of appreciation (especially in the form of a discourse by bhikkhus after receiving a meal or gifts)
(nt, nt, act, from anumodati) rejoicing in merit; appreciation; thanksgiving [lit.] being happy beside Construction: anu + √mud > mod + *ana