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Niddā Nidhi

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Niddā (f.) [Vedic nidrā, ni+drā in Sk. drāti, drāyate, Idg. *dorē; meanings of niddhāvati (dhāvati & ): see niddhāpeti, nid-
cp. Gr. (hom.) ε῎δραχον, Lat. dormio] sleep A ii.48, 50; dhamana, & niddhovati] to blow away, blow off; to clean,
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iii.251; Sn 926 (opp. jāgariyā), 942 (see expl at Nd 423); cleanse, purify; to throw out, eject, remove Sn 281=Miln 414
J i.61, 192; ii.128. — niddaṁ okkamati to fall asleep Vin (kāraṇḍavaṁ); Sn 282 (°itvā pāpicche), 962 (malaṁ=pajahati
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i.15 (niddā?); J iii.538; iv.1; DhA i.9; VvA 65; PvA 47; °ṁ (Nd 478); Dh 239 (id.); Miln 43. — pp. niddhanta).
upagacchati id. PvA 43, 105, 128.
Niddhamana (nt.) [of niddhamati or=*nirdhāvana= °dhovana to
-ārāma fond of sleep, slothful, sluggish It 72 (+kam- 2
dhāvati ] drainage, drain, canal Vin ii.120 (udaka°; dhovituṁ
marāma, bhassarata); -ārāmatā fondness of sleep, laziness,
immediately preceding); J i.175, 409, 425; iii.415; iv.28; v.21
sluggishness A iii.116, 293 sq., 309 sq.; iv.25 (+kamm°,
(udaka°); DhA ii.37.
bhass°); v.164; -sīlin of drowsy habits, slothful, sleepy Sn
Niddhamanā (f.) [either to niddhamati or to niddhāpeti] throwing
96.
out, ejection, expulsion J v.233 (=nikkaḍḍhanā Com.).
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Niddāna (nt.) [Sk. *nirdāna, nis+dāna of dayati , Sk. dāti, cp.
Niddharaṇa (nt.) not with Hardy (Index VvA)=Sk. nirdhāraṇa
dātta] cutting off, mowing, destroying Sn 78 (=chedana lunana
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(estimation), but to be read as nittharaṇa (see nittharaṇa ).
uppāṭana SnA 148)=S i.172; K.S. i.319, cp. niḍḍāyati.
Niddhāpita (adj.) [pp. of niddhāpeti, q. v.] thrown out J iii.99
Niddāyati [Denom. fr. niddā] to sleep D i.231; J i.192, 266;
(v. l. for nibbāpita).
ii.103; v.68, 382; DhA iii.175; SnA 169.
Niddhāpeti [Sk. nirdhāvayati, nis+dhāveti (dhāpeti), Caus.
Niddāyitar [n. ag. fr. niddāyati] a sleepy person Dh 325.
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of dhāvati ; may also stand for niddhamāpeti, Caus. fr.
Niddiṭṭha (pp.) [see niddisati] expressed, explained, designated
niddhamati, cp. contamination niddhāmase at J iv.48, unless
Miln 3; DhsA 57; Vism 528; VvA 13.
misread for niddhāpaye, as v. l. BB bears out] to throw out,
Niddisati (& niddissati) [Sk. nir — diśati, nis+disati, cp. Lat. chase away, expel J iv.41 (niddhāpayiṁsu), 48 (? for niddhā-
distinguo] to distinguish, point out, explain, designate, define, mase). pp. niddhāpita.
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express, to mean It 122=Nd 276 ; Miln 123, 345; DhsA 57;
Niddhāmase at J iv.48 should probably be read niddhāpaye (as v.
DhA ii.59; PvA 87, 217 (°itvā); aor. niddisi DhsA 57; SnA
l. BB), q. v.
61. — grd. niddisitabba DhsA 56; Nett 96. Pass. niddissīy-
Niddhunāti [Sk. nirdhunoti, nis+dhunāti] to shake off S iii.155; A
ati PvA 163. — pp. niddiṭṭha (q. v.).
iii.365 (odhunāti+; spelt nidhunāti); M i.229; Th 1, 416; PvA
Niddukkha (adj.) [nis+dukkha] without fault or evil J iii.443 (in 256 (=odhunāti).
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expl of anīgha); PvA 230 (id.); (in expl of mārisa) K.S. (S.A.)
Niddhuniya (?) (nt.) [=Sk. nihnuvana fr. nihnute with diff.
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derivation] hypocrisy Pug 18 (=makkha); cp. J.P.T.S. 1884,
Niddesa [Sk. nirdeśa, fr. niddisati, cp. desa, desaka etc.] 1. de- 83.
scription, attribute, distinction PvA 7 (ukkaṭṭha°); °vatthu ob-
Niddhūpana (adj.) [nir+dhūpana] unscented J vi.21 (udaka).
ject of distinction or praise D iii.253= A iv.15 (where reading
is niddasa, which also as v. l. at D iii.253 & Ps i.5). — 2. Niddhota (adj.) [nis+dhota; pp. of niddhovati] washed, cleansed,
descriptive exposition, analytic explanation by way of ques- purified Dāvs v.63 (°rūpiya; cp. niddhanta).
tion & answer, interpretation, exegesis Vin v.114 (sa°); Nett
Niddhovati [Sk. nirdhāvati, nis+dhovati, cp. niddhamati] to wash
4, 8 38 sq.; Vism 26; DhsA 54; VvA 78; PvA 71, 147. —
off, clean, purify A i.253 (jātarūpaṁ, immediately followed by
3. N. of an old commentary (ascribed to Sāriputta) on parts of
niddhanta). pp. niddhota.
the Sutta Nipāta (Aṭṭhaka — vagga, interpreted in the Mahā
Nidhāna (nt.) [Vedic nidhāna, see nidahati] laying down, de-
— Niddesa; Pārāyana — vagga and, as a sort of appendix, the
positing, keeping; receptacle; accumulation, (hidden) treasure
Khaggavisāṇa — sutta, interpreted in the Culla — Niddesa);
J iv.280 (nidhi°); PvA 7 (udaka — dāna — nīharaṇa — n°), 97
as one of the canonical texts included in the Khuddaka Nikāya;
(n — gata dhana=hoarded, accumulated), 132 (°ṁ nidhessāmi
editions in P.T.S. Quoted often in the Visuddhimagga, e. g. p.
gather a treasure); DhsA 405 (°kkhama).
140, 208 sq. etc.
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Niddosa (adj.) [Sk. nirdośa, nis+dosa ] faultless, pure, undefiled Nidhānavant (adj.) forming or having a receptacle, worth trea-
suring or saving D i.4 (=hadaye nidhātabba — yuttavāca DA
Sn 476; DhsA 2; PvA 189 (=viraja); DhA i.41.
i.76).
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Niddosa (adj.) [Sk. nirdveṣa, nis+dosa ] free from hatred J iv.10
Nidhāpeti, Nidhāya & Nidhīyati, see nidahati.
(su°; Com. "adussanavasena," foll. upon sunikkodha).
Nidhi [Vedic nidhi, ni+dhā, see nidahati] 1. "setting down," re-
Niddhana (adj.) [nis+dhana] without property, poor J v.447.
ceptacle; (hidden) treasure Sn 285 (brahma n.); Dh 76; Kh
Niddhanta (adj.) [pp. of niddhamati, nis+dhanta, q. v.] blown
viii.2 (see KhA 217 sq.: nidhīyatī ti nidhi, def. of n.), 9
off, removed, cleaned, purified A i.254 (jātarūpa "loitered,"
(acorâharaṇo nidhi cp. "treasures in heaven, where thieves do
cp. niddhota); Sn 56 (°kasāva — moha; Com. vijahati); not steal" Matt. 6, 20); Sdhp 528, 588. — 2. "putting on," a
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Dh 236 (°mala, malānaṁ nīhaṭatāya DhA iii.336); Nd 347 cloak J vi.79 (expl as vākacīra — nivāsanaṁ=a bark dress).
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(=vanta & pahīna); J vi.218 (of hair; Com. expl siniddharutā,
Cp. sannidhi.
v. l. BB siniddha — anta, thus meant for Sk. snigdhānta).
-kumbhī a treasure — pot, a treasure hidden in a pot =a
Niddhamati [in form=Sk. nirdhmāti, nis+dhamati, but in mean- hidden treasure DhA ii.107; iv.208; -nidhāna laying up trea-
ing the verb, as well as its derivations, are influenced by both sures, burying a treasure J iv.280; -mukha an excellent trea-
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