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Niggamana Nicca

(dun°). — 3. (log.) conclusion Kvu 4. 45; S v.57. — (adj.) anigha not trembling, undisturbed, calm
[see etym. under īgha=Sk. ṛgh of ṛghāyati to tremble, rage,
Niggayha-vādin (adj.) [see niggaṇhāti] one who speaks rebuk- d
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ingly, censuring, reproving, resenting Dh 76 (see expl in de- rave] S i.54; iv.291; J v.343. Otherwise always comb with
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nirāsa: S i.12=23, 141; Sn 1048, 1060, 1078. Expl correctly
tail at DhA ii.107 & cp. M iii.118).
at SnA 590 by rāgādi — īgha — virahita. Spelling anīgha J
Niggayhati [Sk. nigṛhyate, ni+gayhati, Pass. of niggaṇhāti] to be 34 d
iii.443 (Com. niddukkha); Pv iv.1 (+nirāsa; expl by nid-
seized by (?), to be blamed for DhA i.295 (cittaṁ dukkhena dukkha PvA 230). anīgha also at It 97 (+chinnasaṁsaya); Ud
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n., in expl of dunniggaha). d
76; Dh 295 (v. l. aniggha; expl by niddukkha DhA iii.454).
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Niggaha [Sk. nigraha, ni+gaha ; see niggaṇhāti] 1. restraint, con- 2
Nigha (nt.) [prob. ni+gha=Sk. °gha of hanati (see also P.
trol, rebuke, censure, blame Vin ii.196; A i.98, 174; v.70; J 1
°gha), to kill; unless abstracted from anigha as in prec. nigha ]
v.116 (opp. paggaha); vi.371 (id.); Miln 28, 45, 224. — dun°
killing, destruction Th 2, 491 (=maraṇasampāpana ThA 288).
hard to control (citta) Dh 35 (cp. expl. at DhA i.295). — 2.
Nighaṁsa [Sk. nigharṣa] rubbing, chafing DhsA 263, 308.
(log.) refutation Kvu 3.
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Nighaṁsati [Sk. nigharṣati, ni+ghaṁsati ] 1. to rub, rub against,
Niggahaṇa (adj.) [Sk. *nirgahaṇa, cp. nirgṛha homeless;
nis+gahaṇa] without acquisitions, i. e. poor J ii.367 (v. l. graze, chafe Vin ii.133; Vism 120; DhA i.396. — 2. to polish
up, clean J ii.418; iii.75.
BB. as gloss nirāhāra).
Nighaṁsana (nt.) [Sk. nigharṣana]=nighaṁsa Miln 215.
Niggahaṇatā (f.) [abstr. fr. ni+gṛh, cp. next] restraint Vism 134
(cittassa). Opp. pagg°. Nighaṇḍu [Sk. nighaṇṭu, dial. for nirgrantha from grath-nāti (see
gaṇṭhi & ghaṭṭana), orig. disentanglement, unravelling, i. e.
Niggahīta (adj.) [Sk. nigṛhīta, but cp. Divy 401: nigṛhīta;
explanation; cp. niggaṇṭhi, which is a variant of the same
ni+gahita] restrained, checked, rebuked, reproved S iii.12; A
word. — BSk. nighaṇṭa (Divy 619; AvŚ ii.19), Prk. nighaṇṭu]
i.175 (aniggahīto dhammo); J vi.493.
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an explained word or a word expl , vocabulary, gloss, usually
Niggāhaka (adj. — n.) [ni+gāhaka, see niggaṇhāti] one who re-
in ster. formula marking the accomplishments of a learned
bukes, oppresses, oppressor Sn 118 (=bādhaka SnA 178, with
Brahmin "sanighaṇḍu-keṭubhānaṁ... padako" (see detail
v. l. ghātaka); J iv.362 (=balisādhaka Com.).
under keṭubha) D i.88; A i.163, 166; iii.223; Sn p. 105; Miln
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Niggilati (niggalati) [Sk. nigirati, ni+gilati] to swallow down 10. Bdhgh's expl is quoted by Trenckner, Notes p. 65.
(opp. uggilati to spit out, throw up) J iv.392 (sic as v. l.; text
Nighāta [Sk. nighāta, ni+ghāta] striking down, suppressing, de-
niggalati).
stroying, killing M i.430; Nett 189. Cp. nighāti.
Nigguṇa (adj.) [Sk. nirguṇa, nis+guṇa] devoid of good qualities,
Nighāti [ni+ghāti] "slaying or being slain," defeat, loss (opp. ug-
bad Miln 180.
ghāti) Sn 828. Cp. nighāta.
Nigguṇḍi (f.) [Sk. nirguṇḍī, of obscure etym.] a shrub (Vitex
Nicaya [Sk. nicaya, ni+caya, cp. nicita] heaping up, accumula-
Negundo) Miln 223 (°phala); Vism 257 (°puppha).
tion; wealth, provisions S i.93, 97; Vin v.172 (°sannidhi). See
Niggumba (adj.) [Sk. *nirgulma, nis+gumba] free from bushes, also necayika.
clear J i.187; Miln 3.
Nicita (adj.) [Sk. nicita, ni+cita, of nicināti] heaped up, full, thick,
Nigghātana (nt.) [Sk. nirghātana, nis+ghātana, but cp. nighāta] massed, dense Th 2, 480 (of hair); PvA 221 (ussanna uparûpari
destruction, killing, rooting out Sn 1085 (taṇhā°; SnA nicita, of Niraya).
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576=vināsana); Nd 343 (v. l. nighātana).
Nicula [Sk. nicula] a plant (Barringtonia acutangula) VvA 134.
Nigghosa [Sk. nirghoṣa, nis+ghosa] 1. "shouting out," sound;
Nicca (adj.) [Vedic nitya, adj. — formation fr. ni, meaning
fame, renown; speech, utterance, proclamation; word of re-
"downward"=onward, on and on; according to Grassmann
proach, blame S i.190; A iv.88 (appa° noiseless, lit. of little or
(Wtb. z. Rig Veda) originally "inwardly, homely"] constant,
no noise); Sn 719, 818 (=nindāvacana SnA 537), 1061; J i.64; continuous, permanent D iii.31; S i.142; ii.109, 198; iv.24 sq.,
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vi.83; Vv 5 ; Nd 150; Nd 344; Dhs 621; VvA 140 (mad-
45, 63; A ii.33, 52; v.210; Ps ii.80; Vbh 335, 426. In chain of
hura°); 334 (in quotation appa — sadda, appa°); Sdhp 245. —
synonyms: nicca dhuva sassata avipariṇāmadhamma D i.21;
2. (adj.) noiseless, quiet, still Sn 959 (=appasadda appanig- S iii.144, 147; see below anicca, — nt. adv. niccaṁ perpet-
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ghosa Nd 467).
ually, constantly, always (syn. sadā) M i.326; iii.271; Sn 69,
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Nigrodha [Sk. nyagrodha; Non — Aryan?] the banyan or In- 220, 336; Dh 23, 109, 206, 293; J i.290; iii.26, 190; Nd 345
dian fig — tree, Ficus Indica, usually as cpd. °rukkha Vin (=dhuvakālaṁ); PvA 32, 55, 134. — Far more freq. as anicca
iv.35; D ii.4; Sn 272; J iii.188 (r.) DhA ii.14 (r.); PvA 5 (r.) (adj.; aniccaṁ nt. n.) unstable, impermanent, inconstant; (nt.)
112, 244; Sdhp 270; -pakka the fruit of the fig — tree Vism evanescence, inconstancy, impermanence. — The emphatic
409. -parimaṇḍala the round or circumference of the banyan assertion of impermanence (continuous change of condition)
D ii.18; iii.144, 162. is a prominent axiom of the Dhamma, & the realization of the
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Nigha (nīgha) (adj. — n.) is invented by Com. & scholiasts to evanescent character of all things mental or material is one of
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explain the comb anigha (anīgha sporadic, e. g. S v.57). But the primary conditions of attaining right knowledge (: anicca
— saññaṁ manasikaroti to ponder over the idea of imperma-
this should be divided an-īgha instead of a-nīgha. — (m.)
nence S ii.47; iii.155; v.132; Ps ii.48 sq., 100; PvA 62 etc. —
rage, trembling, confusion, only in formula rāgo n. doso n.
moho n. explaining the adj. anīgha. Thus at S iv.292=Nd 2 kāye anicc' ânupassin realizing the impermanence of the body
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