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Nivesana Nisedheti

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— 2. (fig.) (also nivesanā f.: Nd 366) settling on, attach- Nisādana [=ni+śātana] grinding DhA i.308.
ment, clinging to (in diṭṭhi° clinging to a view=dogmatism cp. Nisādika (adj.) [cp. Sk. niṣādin, ni+sad] fit for lying down, suit-
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nivissa — vādin) Sn 1055 (nandi+; =taṇhā Nd 366); Dh 40 able for resting Vin i.239 (go°).
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(diṭṭhi°); Nd 76, 110. See also nivesa.
Nisādin (adj.) [fr. ni+sad] lying down D iii.44, 47.
Nivesita (adj.) [pp. of nivesati] settled, arranged, designed, built
Nisāna [ni+śā to sharpen, to whet, cp. nisita] a hone on which to
VvA 82 (=sumāpita).
sharpen a knife Miln 282.
Niveseti [Caus. of nivesati] to cause to enter, to establish; to
Nisāmaka (adj.) [cp. Sk. niśāmana] observant, listening to, at-
found, build, fix, settle; (fig.) to establish in, exhort to (c. loc.),
tending to, careful of A v.166, 168 (dhammānaṁ).
plead for, entreat, admonish D i.206; S v.189; Dh 158, 282 (at-
tānaṁ); It 78 (brahmacariye); Th 2, 391 (manaṁ); J v.99; Pv Nisāmeti [ni+sāmeti] to attend to, listen to, observe, be careful
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iii.7 (saṁyame nivesayi); DA i.273 (gāmaṁ); PvA 206. of, mind J iv.29 (anisāmetvā by not being careful); v.486;
DhA i.239 (+upadhāneti); PvA 1 (imper. nisāmayatha). Cp.
Nivyaggha (adj.) [nis+vyaggha] free from tigers J ii.358 (v. l.
nisanti, nisamma.
nibbyaggha).
Nisāra (adj. — n.) [ni+sāra] full of sap, excellent, strong (of
Nisagga (& Nissagga) [ni or nis+sṛj] giving forth, bestowing; nat-
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a tree) Vv 63 (=niratisaya sārassa nisiṭṭhasārassa rukkhassa
ural state, nature S i.54 (°ss°). Cp. nisaṭṭha.
VvA 261).
Nisankhiti (f.) [Sk. ni — saṁskṛti, ni+saṁ+kṛ] deposit (of merit
or demerit), accumulation, effect (of kamma) Sn 953 (=Nd 1 Nisiñcati [ni+siñcati] to besprinkle Mhvs vii.8.
442 abhisankhārā). Nisita (adj.) [Sk. niśita, ni+pp. of śā to whet] sharp M i.281
(āvudhajāta pīta°?); J iv.118 (su°); VvA 233; PvA 155, 192,
Nisajjā (f.) [Sk. *niṣadyā of ni sad] sitting down, opportunity for
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sitting, seat Pv iv.1 (seyyā+); J i.217; PvA 24 (°ādipaṭikkhepa 213.
— ṭṭhāna), 219 (pallankâbhujanādi — lakkhaṇā nisajjā). Cp. Nisinna (adj.) [Sk. niṣanna, pp. of nisīdati] sitting down, seated J
nesajjika. i.50, 255; iii.126; KhA 250; PvA 11, 16, 39 & passim. —
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Often comb & contrasted with tiṭṭhaṁ (standing), caraṁ
Nisajjeti [sic MSS. for niss°; Sk. niḥsarjayati, nis+sajjeti, Caus.
(walking) & sayaṁ (sayāna; lying down), e. g. at Sn 151,
of sṛj] to spend, bestow, give, give up PvA 105 (dānûpakaraṇā
193; It 82.
nisajjesi read better as °karaṇǡni sajjesi). See also nissajjati.
Nisinnaka (adj.)=nisinna; M i.333; J i.163; DhA iii.175.
Nisaṭṭha (pp.) [nis+saṭṭha of sṛj] given up, spent, lost Th 2, 484
(v. l. °ss°); ThA 286 (=pariccatta). Cp. nisajjeti & nisagga. Nisītha [Sk. niśītha, see nisā] midnight, night Th 1, 3 (aggi yathā
pajjalito nisīthe; v. l. BB nisive), 524 (v. l. nisive); J iv.432;
Nisada & Nisadā (f.) [Sk. dṛṣad f.; for n: d cp. P. nijjuha= Sk.
v.330, 331 (v. l. BB nisive), 506 (=rattibhāga Com.).
dātyūha etc.] a grindstone, esp. the understone of a millstone
Vin i.201; (°pota id.); Miln 149; Vism 252 (°pota, where KhA Nisīdati [Sk. niṣīdati, ni+sīdati] to sit down, to be seated, to sit,
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at id. p. reads °putta). Cp. ā°. to dwell Nd 433; J iii.392; vi.367; Pv ii.9 (nisīdeyya Pot.);
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PvA 74. aor. nisīdi Vin i.1; J ii.153; PvA 5, 23, 44; 3 pl.
Nisanti (f.) [Sk. *niśānti, ni+śam] careful attention or observa-
nisīdiṁsu (J i.307) & nisīdisuṁ (Mhvs vii.40); ger. nisīditvā
tion A ii.97; iii.201; iv.15 (dhamma°), 36 (id.), 296; v.166
(J ii.160; PvA 5, 74), nisajja D ii.127) and nisīditvāna (Sn
(dhamma°); Dpvs i.53 (°kāra). Cp. nisamma & nisāmeti.
1031); grd. nisīditabba Vin i.47. pp. nisinna (q. v.). —
Nisabha [Sk. nṛ+ṛṣabha, cp. usabha. On relation of usabha:
Caus. II. nisīdāpeti [cp. Sk. niṣādayati] to cause to sit down,
vasabha: nisabha see SnA 40] "bull among men," i. e. prince,
to make one be seated, to invite to a seat J iii.392; vi.367; PvA
leader; "princeps," best of men; Ep. of the Buddha S i.28, 48, 17, 35 (there āsane); Miln 20. Cp. abhi°, san°.
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91; M i.386; J v.70; vi.526; Vv 16 (isi°), cp. VvA 83 for
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expl ; Vv 63 (isi°=ājānīya VvA 262). Nisīdana (nt.) [Sk. niṣadana, fr. nisīdati] sitting down, occasion
or opportunity to sit, a mat to sit on Vin i.295; ii.123 (°ena
Nisamma (adv.) [orig. ger. of nisāmeti, Sk. niśamya, śam] vippavasati); S v.259 (°ṁ gaṇhāti). °paccattharaṇa a mat for
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carefully, considerately, observing Sn 54; Nd 367= 481 b
sitting on Vin i.47, 295; ii.209, 218.
(=sutvā). Esp. in phrase n. -kārin acting considerately Dh
Nisumbhati [ni+sumbh (subhnāti)] to knock down Th 2, 302
24 (=DhA i.238); J iii.106; vi.375; Miln 3; cp. n. kiriyāya
(=pāteti ThA 227).
Miln 59. Cp. nisanti.
Nisūdana (nt.) [ni+sūd] destroying, slaughtering Miln 242.
Nisā (f.) [Sk. niś & niśā, prob. with niśītha (midnight) to
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ni+śi=lying down] night Vv 35 (loc. nise); VvA 161 (loc. Nisedha (adj. — n.) [fr. ni+sedh] holding back, restraining; pre-
nisati, v. l. nisi=rattiyaṁ); Miln 388 (loc. nisāya); Dāvs ii.6; vention, prohibition Dh 389; DhA iv.148; hirī° restrained by
v.2 (nisāyaṁ). See also nisītha. shame S i.168=Sn 462; Dh 143.
Nisātaka in koka° J vi.538, a certain wild animal; the meaning is Nisedhaka (adj.) [fr. nisedha] prohibiting, restraining; one who
not clear, etymologically it is to be derived fr. Sk. niśātayati prohibits, an obstructer J ii.220.
to strike, to fell. See Kern, Toev. 1. p. 152, s. v. koka. The v.
Nisedhanatā (f.) [abstr. to nisedheti] refusing, refusal, prohibi-
l. is °nisādaka, evidently influenced by nisāda.
tion Miln 180 (a°).
Nisāda [cp. Sk. niṣāda, a Non — Aryan or barbarian] a robber J
Nisedheti [Caus. of ni+sedh] to keep off, restrain, prohibit, pre-
iv.364. Cp. nesāda.
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