The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Niv!pa
Niv!pa [cp. Sk. niv!pa, ni+vap, cp. nivapati] food thrown (for feeding), fodder, bait; gift, portion, ration M
i.151 sq. (Niv!pa -- sutta); J i.150; iii.271; DhA i.233 (share); iii.303; VvA 63 (digu*a' ˚' pacitv! cooking
a double portion). Cp. nev!pika. -- ti*a grass to eat J i.150; -- pu&&ha fed on grains Dh 325 (=ku*.akâdin!
s(kara -- bhattena pu&&ho DhA iv.16=Nett 129=Th 1, 17; -- bhojana a meal on food given, a feeding M
i.156).
Niv!y!sa
Niv!y!sa (?) oozing of trees; Bdhgh's expln of ikk!sa at Vin ii.321. See niyy!sa.
Niv!ra*a
Niv!ra*a (nt. & adj.) [fr. niv!reti] warding off, keeping back, preventing; refusal Sn 1034, 1035, 1106
(=Nd2 363 !v!ra*a rakkha*a gopana); DhsA 259; PvA 102, 278; Sdhp 396.
Niv!raya
Niv!raya (adj.) [grd. of niv!reti] in dun˚ hard to check or keep back Miln 21 (+dur!vara*a).
Niv!rita
Niv!rita (adj.) [pp. of niv!reti] unobstructed, open PvA 202 (=an!va&a).
Niv!retar
Niv!retar [n. agent to niv!reti] one who holds back or refuses (entrance) (opp. pavesetar) D ii.83=S iv.194=
A v.194 (dov!riko aññ!t!na' niv!ret! ñ!t!nam paveset!).
Niv!reti
Niv!reti [Caus. of nivarati] to keep back, to hold back from (c. abl.), to restrain; to refuse, obstruct, forbid,
warn Vin i.46; ii.220; S i.7 (citta' niv!reyya), 14 (yato mano niv!raye); iv.195 (citta'); Dh 77, 116 (p!p!
citta' niv!raye); J i.263; Pv iii.74; VvA 69; PvA 79, 102; DhA i.41.
Niv!sa
Niv!sa [fr. nivasati2] stopping, dwelling, resting -- place, abode; living, sheltering J i.115 (˚' kappeti to put
up); ii.110; PvA 76, 78. Usually in phrase pubbe -- niv!sa' anussarati "to remember one's former abode or
place of existence (in a former life)," characterising the faculty of remembering one's former birth D i.13,
15, 16, 81; S i.167, 175, 196; ii.122, 213; v.265, 305; A i.25, 164; ii.183; iii.323, 418 sq.; iv.141 sq.; v.211,
339. Also in pubbeniv!sa' vedi It 100; Sn 647=Dh 423; p -- n -- pa&isa'yutt! dhammikath! D ii.1; p -- n --
anussatiñ!*a D iii.110, 220, 275; A iv.177. Cp. nev!sika.
Niv!sana
Niv!sana1 (adj. -- nt.) [fr. niv!seti] dressed, clothed; dressing, clothing, undergarment (opp. p!rupana) Vin
i.46; ii.228; J i.182 (man!pa˚), 421; iii.82; PvA 50, 74, 76, 173 (pilotikakkha*.a˚ dressed in rags).
Niv!sana