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Niraggala Nirāmisa

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in result S i.76=It 21; A ii.43; iv.151; M i.139; Sn 303; Nd 2 (animal world) & pittivisaya (the manes), e. g. at Nd 489;
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284 C ; Vv 64 31 (=VvA 285). Nd 517, 550; Pv iv.11; ThA 282; PvA 27 sq. (see apāya).
— There is a great variety of qualifying adjectives connected
Niraggika (adj.) [nis+aggi+ka] without fire Miln 324 (°okāsa).
with niraya, all of which abound in notions of fearful pain,
Nirajjati [Pass. of nirajati, nis+ajati, Vedic nirajati to drive out
awful misery & continuous suffering, e. g. kaṭuka, ghora,
cattle] to be thrown out, to be expelled, to lose (with abl.) J
dāruṇa, bhayānaka, mahābhitāpa, sattussada etc. — Descrip-
vi.502, 503 (raṭṭhā); v. l. BB nirajhati; Com. ni(g)gacchati;
tions of N. in glowing terms of frightfulness are freq. found
Th 2, 93 (aor. nirajji 'haṁ=na jānim ahaṁ ThA, 90. Kern
from the earliest books down to the late Peta — Vatthu, Pañca-
(wrongly) proposes reading virajjhi).
gati — dīpana & Saddhammopāyana. Of these the foll. may
Nirata (adj.) [pp. of niramati] fond of, attached to (—°) S i.133; be quoted as characteristic: S i.152 (10 nirayas); M iii.183;
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DA i.250; PvA 5 (duccarita°), 89, 161 (hitakaraṇa°). A i.141; Sn p. 126=A v.173; Nd 404 sq.=Nd 304 iii.c ; J iv.4
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Niratta (adj. — nt.) [Sk. *nirātman, nis+attan] soulless; view (Mittavindaka); Vv 52 (Revatī); Pv i.10; iii.10; iv.1; 7; DhA
i.148. — See on the whole subject, esp. L. Scherman, Materi-
of soullessness or unsubstantiality; thus interpreted (in prefer-
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ence to niratta ) by Com. on Sn 787, 858, 919. See foll. alen zur indischen Visionsliteratur, Leipzig 1792; & W. Stede,
Die Gespenstergeschichten des Peta Vatthu, Leipzig 1914, pp.
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Niratta (adj.) [Sk. nirasta, pp. of nirasyati, see nirassati] re- 33 — 39. — References: Vin i.227 (apāya duggati vinipāta
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jected, thrown off, given up Sn 1098; Nd 359. — Note. At Sn niraya); D i.82, 107 (id.); Vin ii.198 (yo kho sanghaṁ bhin-
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787, 858, 919 the interpretation of Nd 82= 248=352 and also dati kappaṁ nirayamhi paccati), 204; ii.203=It 86; D i.228
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Bdhgh assume a cpd. of nis+attan (=nirātman): see niratta .
(+tiracchānayoni), 54 (read nirayasate for niriyasate); iii.111;
Nirattha (adj.) [nis+attha] useless, groundless, unpro-ficient, S iv.126; v.356, 450; M i.73, 285, 308, 334; ii.86, 149, 186;
vain (opp. sāttha profitable) Sn 582 (nt. as adv.), 585 (niratthā iii.166, 203, 209; A iv.405; v.76, 182, 184; Sn 248 (patanti
paridevanā); Dh 41; J iii.26; PvA 18 (°bhāva uselessness), 83 sattā nirayaṁ avaṁsirā), 333, 660 sq., 677 sq.; Dh 126, 140,
(=duḥ). 306, 311, 315; Th 1, 304 (adhammo nirayaṁ neti dhammo
pāpeti suggatiṁ)=DhsA 38=DA i.99 =DhA i.22; Th 2, 456;
Niratthaka (adj.)=nirattha; VvA 324; PvA 18, 40, 63, 102 etc. —
It 12; J iv.463; Pug 60; Ps i.83 (Avīci°); Vbh 86, 337; Vism
f. °ikā ThA 258; Miln 20; Sdhp 68.
102; Miln 148; DhA i.22; iii.71; Sdhp 7, 285. — See also
Nirantara (adj.) [nis+antara] having no interval, continuous, un-
nerayika.
interrupted PvA 135. Usually in nt. as adv. nirantaraṁ al-
-gāmin (adj.) leading to purgatory (magga) Sn 277;
ways, incessantly, constantly; immediately, at once DhsA 168;
-dukkha the pain of H. Sn 531; -pāla a guardian of P., a
PvA 52, 80, 107, 110 (=satataṁ), 120; DhA i.13. 1
devil A i.138, 141; M iii.179; Nd 404; VvA 226. Names of
Niraparādha (adj.) [nis+aparādha] without offence, guiltless, in- guardians (after their complexion) e. g. Kāḷa (black) & Up-
nocent J i.264. akāḷa (blackish) J vi.248. -bhaya the fear of P. J i.168; Vism
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Nirapekkha (adj.) [nis+apa+īkṣ] not heeding, unsuspecting, dis- 392; -saṁvattanika conducive to P. Nd 489.
regarding, indifferent, reckless VvA 27, 47 (jīvitaṁ); PvA 62; Niravasesa (adj.) [nis+avasesa] without remainder, complete, in-
DA i.177; Miln 343 (jīvitaṁ). clusive Nett 14, 15, cp. Miln 91, 182.
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Nirabbuda (m. nt.) [cp. BSk. nirarbuda & abbuda 3] a vast Nirasana (adj.) [nis+asana ] without food or subsistence, poor J
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number; also N. of a hell S i.149=A ii.3=v.171 (expl at 173 iv.128.
as "seyyathā pi vīsati abbudā nirayā evam eko nirabbudo ni-
Nirassati [cp. Sk. nirasyati, nis+assati, as to throw] to throw off,
rayo"); J iii.360 (Com.: vīsati abbudāni ekaṁ nirabbudaṁ). 1
despise, neglect Sn 785, 954; Nd 76 (so read for nidassati, v.
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Nirabbuda (adj.) [nis+abbuda ] free from boils or tumours, l. SS nir°), 444; SnA 522. — pp. niratta .
healthy (also fig.) Vin iii.18 (of the Sangha).
Nirassāda (adj.) [nis+assāda] without taste, insipid, dull Vism
Niraya [BSk. niraya, nis+aya of i=to go asunder, to go to de- 135. Cp. nirāsāda.
struction, to die, cp. in meaning Vedic nirṛti. The popular
Nirākaroti see nirankaroti.
etym. given by Dhammapāla at PvA 53 is "n' atthi ettha ayo
Nirākula (adj.) [nis+ākula] unconfused, clear, calm, undisturbed
sukhan ti"=there is no good; that given by Bdhgh at Vism 427
J i.17 (v. 94).
"n' atthi ettha assādasaññito ayo" (no refreshment)] purgatory,
hell, a place of punishment & torture, where sin is atoned (i. e. Nirātanka (adj.) [nis+ātanka] healthy Miln 251 (of paddy).
kamma ripens=paccati, is literally boiled) by terrible ordeals
Nirādīnava (adj.) [nis+ādīnava] not beset with dangers, not in
(kāraṇāni) similar to & partly identical with those of Hades &
danger, unimperilled Vin iii.19.
Tartarus. There are a great number of hells, of which the most
fearful is the Avīcimahāniraya (see Avīci). Names of other Nirāma (adj.) [nis+āma, cp. nirāmaya] healthy, unde-praved,
purgatories occur frequently in the Jātaka collection, e. g. without sin, virtuous Sn 251, 252 (°gandha= nikkilesayoga
Kākola vi.247; Khuradhāra v.269 sq.; Dhūma — roruva v.271; SnA 293), 717 (id.=nikkilesa SnA 499).
Patāpana v.266, 271, 453; Paduma iv.245; Roruva iii.299; Nirāmaya (adj.) [nis+āmaya] not ill, healthy, good, without fault
v.266; vi.237; Sanghāta v.266; Sañjīva ibid.; Sataporisa v.269; PvA 164.
Sattisūla v.143. As the principal one n. is often mentioned
Nirāmisa (adj.) [nis+āmisa] having no meat or prey; free from
with the other apāyas (states of suffering), viz. tiracchānayoni
sensual desires, disinterested, not material S i.35, 60; iv.219,
413