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Nisedheti Nissāya
vent S i.121 (nisedha, imper.); J iii.83, 442; ThA 250; VvA that on which anything depends, support, help, protection; en-
105 (nirayûpapattiṁ). — Cp. nisedha. dowment, resource, requisite, supply; foundation, reliance on
(acc. or — °) Vin i.58 (the four resources of bhikkhu, viz.
Nisevati [ni+sev] to resort to, practise, pursue, follow, indulge in
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J ii.106; Sn 821 (=Nd 157); Pv ii.3 19 (=karoti PvA 87); Miln piṇḍiyālopa — bhojanaṁ, paṁsukūla — cīvaraṁ, rukkhamūla
— senāsanaṁ, pūtimuttabhesajjaṁ); ii.274, 278; D iii.137,
359. — pp. nisevita. 1
141; A i.117; iii.271; iv.353; v.73; Sn 753, 877; Nd 108 (two
Nisevana (nt. also -ā f.) [Sk. niṣevana, cp. nisevati] prac-tising, 2 2 A
n.: taṇhā° & diṭṭhi°), 190, cp. Nd s. v.; Nd 397 (the req-
enjoying; pursuit Pug 20, 24; Sdhp 406.
uisites of a bhikkhu in diff. enumeration); Ps ii.49 sq., 58 sq.,
Nisevita (adj.) [pp. of nisevati] frequented, practised, enjoyed, 73 sq.; ii.220; Nett 7, 65; Vism 12, 535. nissayaṁ karoti to
indulged in M i.178; Sdhp 373. rely on, to be founded on to take one's stand in Sn 800. — Cp.
nissāya & nissita.
Nissaṁsaya (adj.) [nis+saṁsaya] having no doubt, free from
-kamma giving assistance or help, an (ecclesiastical) act
doubt Miln 237. — acc. as adv. without doubt, undoubtedly
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Pv iv.8 ; DhA i.106; PvA 95. of help or protection Vin i.49, 143, 325; ii.226; A i.99; Pv
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iv.1 (so to be read at the 2 latter passages for niyassa°).
Nissakka [fr. nis+sakkati=sakk] "going out from," ttg. a name of
-sampanna finding one's strength in A iv.353.
the ablative case J v.498; VvA 152, 154, 180, 311; PvA 147,
221. Nissayatā (f.) [abstr. to nissaya] dependence, requirement, re-
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source Sn 856; Nd 245.
Nissakkana (nt.) [Sk. *niḥsarpana, nis+sakk, confused with sṛp,
Nissayati [Sk. niśrayati, but in meaning=āśrayati, ni+ śri] to lean
see Trenckner, Notes p. 60 & cp. apassakkati, o°, pari°] going
on, a foundation on, rely on, trust, pursue, Sn 798 (sīlabbataṁ;
out, creeping out; only in biḷāra° at D ii.83 (v. l. BB as gloss
SnA 530=abhinivisati); VvA 83 (katapuññaṁ). Pass. nissīy-
nikkhamana)+S iv.194= A v.195.
ati VvA 83. pp. nissita; ger. nissāya (q. v.).
Nissaggiya (adj.) [Sk. *niḥsārgya grd. of nis+sajjeti, not= Sk.
Nissaraṇa (nt.) [Sk. niḥsaraṇa, to nis+sarati, cp. BSk. nissaraṇa
naisargika] to be given up, what ought to be rejected or aban-
giving up (?) AvŚ ii.193] going out, departure; issue, out-
doned Vin i.196, 254; iii.195 sq.
come, result; giving up, leaving behind, being freed, escape
Nissanga (adj.) [nis+sanga] unattached, unobstructed, disinter-
(fr. saṁsāra), salvation Vin i.104; D iii.240, 248 sq.; S i.128,
ested, unselfish Sdhp 371, 398, 411 etc.; Tikp 10; f. abstr. °tā
142; ii.5; iii.170 (catunnaṁ dhātūnaṁ); iv.7 sq. (id.); v.121
disinterestedness J i.46.
sq.; A i.258, 260; ii.10 (kāmānaṁ etc.); iii.245 sq.; iv.76 (ut-
Nissajjati [nis+sajjati, sṛj. See also nisajjeti] to let loose, give tariṁ); v.188; M i.87 (kāmānaṁ), 326 (uttariṁ); iii.25; It 37,
up, hand over, give, pour out Vin ii.188; ger. nissajja [Sk. 61; Ps ii.180, 244; Vbh 247; Vism 116; ThA 233; DhsA 164;
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niḥsṛjya] Sn 839 (v. l. nisajja); Nd 189 (id.); SnA 545. pp. Sdhp 579. Cp. nissaṭa & nissaraṇīya.
nisaṭṭha & nissaṭṭha (q. v.). Cp. nissaggiya & paṭi°. -dassin wise in knowing results, prescient, able to find a
Nissaṭa (adj.) [pp. of nis+sarati, sṛ] flown or come out from, way to salvation S iv.205; -pañña (adj.)=°dassin D i.245 (a°);
appeared; let loose, free, escaped from S iii.31; iv.11 sq.; A iii.46; S ii.194; iv.332; A v.178 (a°), 181 sq.; Miln 401.
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i.260; iv.430 (a°); v.151 sq.; J iii.530; vi.269; Nd under nis- Nissaraṇīya (adj.) [grd. of nissarati, with relation to nissaraṇa]
sita; Ps ii.10 sq.; Miln 95, 225 (bhava°). See also nissaraṇa. connected with deliverance, leading to salvation, able to be
Cp. abhi°. freed. The 3 n. dhātuyo (elements of deliverance) are
nekkhamma (escape from cravings), āruppa (from existence
Nissaṭṭha (adj.) [pp. of nissajjati] dismissed, given up, left,
with form), nirodha (from all existence), in detail at It 61
granted, handed over, given Vin iii.197 (°cīvara); M i.295;
(kāmānaṁ n. nekkhammaṁ, rūpānaṁ n. āruppaṁ, yaṁ kiñci
ii.203; VvA 341. See also nisaṭṭha & paṭi°.
bhūtaṁ sankhataṁ n. nirodho). The 5 n — dh. are escape fr.
Nissatta (adj.) [Sk. *niḥsattva, nis+satta] powerless, unsubstan-
kāma, vyāpāda, vihesā, rūpa, sakkāya: A iii.245; cp. A i.99;
tial; f. abstr. °tā absence of essence, unsubstantiality (see
iii.290.
dhamma A) DhsA 38, 139, 263; cp. Dhs. trsl. pp. xxxiii.
Note. The spelling is often nissāraṇīya, thus at Vin iv.225;
& 26.
D iii.239 (the five n — dhātuyo), 247, 275.
Nissadda (adj.) [nis+sadda] noiseless, soundless, silent J i.17
Nissarati [nis+sarati] to depart, escape from, be freed from
(v.94); DhA iii.173.
(c. abl.) A i.260 (yasmā atthi loke nissaraṇaṁ tasmā sattā
Nissantāpa (adj.) [nis+santāpa] without grief or self- lokamhā nissaranti). — pp. nissaṭa, grd. nissaraṇīya (q. v.);
mortification PvA 62. cp. also nissaraṇa & paṭi°.
Nissanda [Sk. nisyanda & niṣyanda, ni+syand (syad), see Nissāya (prep. c, acc.) [ger. of nissayati, Sk. *niśrāya, BSk
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sandati] flowing or trickling down; discharge, dropping, is- niśritya, ni+śri] leaning on (in all fig. meanings) Nd 368
sue; result, outcome, esp. effect of Kamma A iii.32; J i.31, (=upanissāya, ārammaṇaṁ ālambanaṁ karitvā). — 1. near,
205, 426 (sarīra°); DhA i.395; ii.36, 86; VvA 14 (puñña — near by, on, at J i.167 (pāsānapiṭṭhaṁ), 221 (padumasaraṁ);
kammassa n — phala); PvA 47 (puññakammassa), 58 (id.); PvA 24 (bāhā), 134 (taṁ=with him). — 2. by means of,
Miln 20. 117; Pgdp 102. through, by one's support, by way of J i.140 (rājānaṁ: un-
Nissama [ni+sama] exertion, endeavour J v.243. der the patronage of the k.); iv.137 (id.); ii.154 (tumhe); Miln
40 (kāyaṁ), 253 (id.); PvA 27 (ye=yesaṁ hetu), 154 (nadī°
Nissaya [Sk. niśraya, of ni+śri, corresp. in meaning to Sk. āśraya]
alongside of). — 3. because of, on account of, by reason of,
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