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Nissāya Nīyati

for the sake of J i.203 (amhe), 255 (dhanaṁ), 263 (maṁ); PvA Nihīna (adj.) [Sk. nihīna, pp. of nihīyati or nihāyati] lost; de-
17 (kiṁ), 67 (namaṁ), 130 (taṁ). — Cp. nissaya, nissita. graded, low, vile, base; inferior, little, insignificant S i.12; Sn
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890; Nd 105, 194; PvA 198 (jāti° low — born); Sdhp 86.
Nissāra (adj.) [nis+sāra] sapless, worthless, unsubstantial J i.393;
Opp. to seyya J vi.356 sq.
Sdhp 51, 608, 612.
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-attha one who has lost his fortune, poor Pv iv.1 ;
Nissārajja (adj.) [Sk. niḥ+śārada+ya] without diffidence, not dif-
-kamma of low action Sn 661=It 43; Dh 306; J ii.417; -citta
fident, confident J i.274 (+nibbhaya).
low — minded PvA 107 (=dīna); -jātika of inferior birth or
Nissāraṇa (nt.) [fr. nissarati] going or driving out, expulsion Miln caste PvA 175; -pañña of inferior wisdom Sn 890 (=paritta
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344 (osāraṇa — n. — paṭisāraṇa), 357. — pañña Nd 299); -sevin of vile pursuit A i.126.
Nissita (adj.) [Sk. niśrita, pp. of nissayati, corresp. in mean- Nihīnatā (f.) [abstr. to nihīna] lowness, inferiority; vileness,
ing to Sk. āśrita] hanging on, dependent on, inhabiting; at- baseness D i.98, 99.
tached to, supported by, living by means of, relying on, being
Nihīyati [ni+hīyati, Pass. of hā, see jahāti] to be left, to come to
founded or rooted in, bent on. As — ° often in sense of a
ruin, to be destroyed A i.126=J iii.324 (=vināsaṁ pāpuṇāti).
prep.=by means of, on account of, through, esp. with pron.
pp. nihīna (q. v.).
kiṁ° (=why, through what) Sn 458; taṁ° (therefore, on acct.
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of this) S iv.102. — For comb with var. synonyms see Nd 2 Nihuhunka (adj.) [fr. nī°=nis+huhunka] one who does not con-
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s. v. & cp. Nd 75, 106. — S ii.17 (dvayaṁ; cp. iii.134); fide in the sound huṁ Vin i.3 (cp. J.P.T.S. 1901, 42).
iv.59, 365; v.2 sq., 63 sq.; A iii.128; Dh 339 (rāga°); Sn 752, Nīka [Sk. nyanku? Doubtful reading] a kind of deer (or pig) J
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798, 910; J i.145; Nd 283; Pv i.8 (sokaṁ hadaya° lying in); v.406 (vv.ll. nika, ninga).
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ii.6 (paṭhavi° supported by); Vbh 229; Nett 39 (°citta); Miln 1
Nīgha (in anīgha) see nigha .
314 (inhabiting); PvA 86 (māna°). — anissita unsupported,
Nīca (adj.) [Vedic nīca, adj. — formation fr. adv. ni°, cp. Sk.
not attached, free, emancipated Sn 66, 363, 753, 849, 1069
nyañc downward] low, inferior, humble (opp. ucca high, fr.
(unaided); J i.158; Miln 320, 351. — Cp. apassita.
adv. ud°) Vin i.46, 47; ii.194; D i.109, 179, 194; A v.82; SnA
Nissitaka (adj. — n.) [fr. prec.] adherent, supporter (orig. one
424 (nīcaṁ karoti to degrade); & passim.
who is supported by), pupil J i.142, 186; DhA i.54.
-kula of low clan J i.106; Sn 411; — (°ā) kulīna belong-
Nissitatta (nt.) [fr. nissita] dependence on, i. e. interference by, ing to low caste Sn 462; -cittatā being humble — hearted Dhs
being too near, nearness Vism 118 (pantha°). Cp. san°. 1340; DhsA 395; -pīṭhaka a low stool DhA iv.177; -mano
humble Sn 252 (=nīcacitto SnA 293); -seyyā a low bed A
Nissirīka (adj.) [nis+sirī] having lost his (or its) splendour or pros-
i.212 (opp. uccâsayana).
perity J vi.225 (ājīvika), 456 (rājabhavana).
Nīceyya (adj.) [compar. of nīca (for °īya?), in function of °eyya
Nissīma (adj.) [cp. Sk. niḥsīman with diff. meanings ("bound-
as "of the kind of," sort of, rather] lower, inferior, rather low
less"), nis+sīma] outside the boundary Vin i.255 (°ṭṭha), 298 1
(°ṁ gantuṁ); ii.167 (°e ṭhito). M i.329; Sn 855, 918; Nd 244, 351.
Nīta (pp.) [pp. of neti] led, guided; ascertained, inferred A i.60
Nissuta (adj.) [fr. nis+sru, see savati] flown out or away, van-
(°attha); J i.262; ii.215 (kāma°); Nett 21 (°attha, natural mean-
ished, disappeared M i.280.
ing, i. e. the primarily inferred sense, opp. neyyattha); Sdhp
Nisseṇi (f.) [fr. nis+śri, orig. that which leans against, or leads to
366 (dun°). Cp. vi°.
something, cp. Sk. śreṇī a row] a ladder, a flight of stairs D
Nīti (f.) [Sk. nīti, fr. nīta] guidance, practice, conduct, esp. right
i.194, 198; J i.53; ii.315; iii.505; Miln 263; Vism 244, 340 (in
conduct, propriety; statesmanship, polity PvA 114 (°mangala
simile); DhA i.259.
commonsense), 129 (°sattha science of statecraft, or of pru-
Nissesa (adj.) [nis+sesa] whole, entire; nt. acc. as adv. nissesaṁ dent behaviour), 130 (°cintaka a lawgiver), 131 (°naya polity
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entirely, completely Nd 533.
& law), 132 (°kusala versed in the wisdom of life); Miln 3
Nissoka (adj.) [nis+soka] free from sorrow, without grief, not (here meaning the Nyāyaphilosophy, cp. Trenckner, Notes p.
mourning PvA 62; KhA 153. 58).
Nihata (adj.) [pp. of nihanti, ni+han] "slain"; put down, settled; Nīdha=nu idha, see nu.
destroyed; dejected, humiliated; humble Vin ii.307 (settled); J
Nīdhura (?) [Sk.? Cp. keyura] bracelet, bangle J vi.64, (=valaya;
v.435 (°bhoga one whose fortunes are destroyed).
v. l. BB nivara). Also given as nīyura (cp. Prk. neura & P.
-māna "with slain pride," humiliated, humble S iv.203;
nūpura).
Th 2, 413 (=apanīta — māna ThA 267); J ii.300; vi.367.
Nīpa (adj.) [Vedic nīpa, contr. fr. ni+āpa "low water"] lit. lying
Niharati see nīharati.
low, deep, N. of the tree Nauclea cadamba, a species of Asoka
Nihita (adj.) [Sk. nihita, pp. of ni+dhā, see dahati] put down, put tree J i.13 (v. 61)=Bu ii.51; J v.6 (so read for nipa).
into, applied, settled; laid down, given up, renounced. As °
Nībhata [cp. Sk. nirbhṛta, pp. of nis+bhṛ] bought out J iii.471.
— often in the sense of a prep.= without, e. g. °daṇḍa °sattha
Nīyati [Sk. nīyati, Pass. of neti] to be led or guided, to go, to be
without stick & sword (see daṇḍa...) D i.70 (°paccāmitta); Pv 1
iv.3 26 (su° well applied); PvA 252 (bhasma — nihita thrown moved S i.39 (cittena nīyati loko); Dh 175; Pv i.11 (=vahīyati
PvA 56); J i.264 (ppr. nīyamāna); PvA 4 (id.); DhA iii.177;
into the ashes); Sdhp 311.
Sdhp 292, 302. Also found in spelling niyyati at Sn 851; Nd 1
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