Kāyamudutā: Nhu thân Mudutā (Pali) is a Buddhist term translated as "malleability", and it is the basis for the following pair of mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings: These two mental factors have the characteristic of the subsiding of rigidity (thambha) in the mental body and consciousness, respectively.
Bhikkhu Bodhi states:[1] Nina van Gorkom explains:[2] The Atthasālinī (I, Book I, Part IV, Chapter I, 130) states:[2]