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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Nikh!ta [pp. of nikha*ati] 1. dug, dug out (of a hole), buried (of a body) SnA 519. -- 2. dug in, erected (of a<br />

post) Sn 28; DhA ii.181 (nagara -- dv!re n. indakh"la). See also a˚.<br />

Nikh!dana<br />

Nikh!dana (nt.) [Sk. *nikh!dana, ni+kh!dati, cp. kh!- dana] "eating down," a sharp instrument, a spade or<br />

(acc. to Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 83) a chisel Vin iii.149; iv.211; J ii.405 (so read for kh!dana); iv.344; v.45.<br />

Nikhila<br />

Nikhila (adj.) [Sk. nikhila cp. khila] all, entire, whole D!vs v.40 (˚loka v. l. sakala˚).<br />

Nikh"*a<br />

Nikh"*a (adj.) [nis+kh"*a] having or being lost J vi.499 (˚patta without wings, deprived of its wings).<br />

Niga<br />

Niga in gavaya -- goka**a -- nig -- âd"na' DhsA 331 is mis- print for miga.<br />

Nigacchati<br />

Nigacchati [Sk. nigacchati, ni+gacchati] to go down to, to "undergo," incur, enter, come to; to suffer esp.<br />

with dukkha' & similar expressions of affliction or punishment S iv.70 (dukkha'); M i.337 sq. (id.); A<br />

i.251 (bandhana'); Dh 69 (dukkha'=vindati, pa&ilabhati DhA ii.50), 137; Nd2 1994<br />

(mara*a'+mara*amattam pi dukkha') Pv iv.77 (pret. nigacchi&&ha=p!pu*i PvA 266).<br />

Niga*&ha<br />

Niga*&ha [BSk. nirgrantha (Divy 143, 262 etc.) "freed from all ties," nis+ga*&hi. This is the customary<br />

(correct?) etym. Prk. niggantha, cp. Weber, Bhagavat" p. 165] a member of the Jain order (see M i.370 --<br />

375, 380 & cp. ja&ila) Vin i.233 (N!taputta, the head of that Order, cp. D i.57; also S"ho sen!pati n --<br />

s!vako); S i.78, 82 (˚bhikkh!); A i.205 sq. (˚uposatha), cp. 220; ii.196 (˚s!vaka); iii.276, 383; v.150 (dasahi<br />

asaddhammehi samann!gata); Sn 381; Ud 65 (ja&il!, n., acel!, ekas!t!, paribb!jak!); J ii.262 (object to<br />

eating flesh); DA i.162; DhA i.440; iii.489; VvA 29 (n. n!ma sama*aj!ti). -- f. niga*&h" D i.54 (niga*&hi --<br />

gabbha).<br />

Nigati<br />

Nigati (f.) [ni+gati, q. v.] destiny, condition, behaviour J vi.238. See also niyati & cp. niggatika.<br />

Nigama<br />

Nigama [Sk. nigama, fr. nigacchati=a meeting -- place or market, cp. E. moot -- hall=market hall] a small<br />

town, market town (opp. janapada); often combd with g!ma (see g!ma 2) Vin i.110 (˚s"ma), 188 (˚kath!),<br />

197 (Setaka**ika˚); D i.7 (˚kath!), 101 (˚s!manta), 193, 237; M i.429, 488; Pv ii.1318; J vi.330; PvA 111<br />

(Asitañjana˚, v. l. BB nagara). Cp. negama.<br />

Nigamana<br />

Nigamana (nt.) [Sk. nigamana] quotation, explanation, illustration Vism 427 (˚vacana quotation); PvA 255<br />

(perhaps we should read niyamana); conclusion, e. g. Pa&&h.A 366; VbhA 523.

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