The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nir!saya
Nir!saya (adj.) [nis+!saya, fr. $ri] without (outward) support, not relying on (outward) things, without
(sinful) inclinations Sn 56 (: Nd2 360 b reads nir!sasa), 369, 634, 1090 (Nd2 361 reads nir!sa'sa); Dh 410;
DhA iv.185 (v. l. BB nir!s!sa; expld by nitta*ha).
Nir!sava
Nir!sava (adj.) [nis+!sava] without intoxication, un- defiled, sinless ThA 148.
Nir!s!da
Nir!s!da (adj.) [nis+ass!da] tasteless, yielding no enjoy- ment Th 1, 710. Cp. nirass!da.
Nir!h!ra
Nir!h!ra (adj.) [nis+!h!ra] without food, not eating, fasting J iv.225; Sdhp 389.
Niriñjana
Niriñjana (adj.) [nis+iñjan!, fr. iñjati] not moving, stable, unshaken Vism 377 (=acala, !neñja).
Nirindhana
Nirindhana (adj.) [nis+indhana] without fuel (of fire), ThA 148 (aggi); DhA i.44 (j!taveda).
Nir"ha(ka)
Nir"ha(ka) (adj.) [nis+"ha] inactive, motionless, without impulse ThA 148 (˚ka); Miln 413 (+nijj"vata);
Vism 484, 594 sq.
Nirujjhati
Nirujjhati [Pass. of nirundhati (nirodhati) ni+rundhati] to be broken up, to be dissolved, to be destroyed, to
cease, die Vin i.1; D i.180 sq., 215; ii.157; S iii.93 (aparisesa'); iv.36 sq., 60, 98, 184 sq.; 294, 402; v.213
sq.; A iii.165 sq. (aparisesa'); v.139 sq.; J i.180; Pug 64; Sdhp 606. -- pp. niruddha. Cp. nirodha.
Niruttara
Niruttara (adj.) [nis+uttara] making no reply PvA 117.
Nirutti
Nirutti (f.) [Sk. nirukti, nis+vac] one of the Ved!ngas (see cha)anga), expln of words, grammatical analysis,
etymological interpretation; pronunciation, dialect, way of speaking, expression Vin ii.139 (pabbajit! . . .
sak!ya niruttiy! Buddhavacana' d(senti); D i.202 (loka˚, expression); M iii.237 (janapada˚); S iii.71 (tayo
n -- path!); A ii.160 (˚pa&isambhid!); iii.201; Dh 352 (˚padakovida=niruttiyañ ca sesapadesu c! ti cat(su pi
pa&isambhid!su cheko ti attho DhA iv.70; i. e. skilled in the dialect or the original language of the holy
Scriptures); Ps i.88 sq.; ii.150 (˚pa&isambhid!); Nd2 563; Dhs 1307; Nett 4, 8, 33, 105; Miln 22; Vism 441;
SnA 358; PvA 97.