The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nimantanika
Nimantanika (adj.) inviting; (nt.) N. of a Suttanta M i.331; quoted at Vism 393.
Nimantita
Nimantita [pp. of nimanteti] invited Sn p. 104; PvA 22 (bhattena to the meal), 86 (=!mantita), 141.
Nimanteti
Nimanteti [Sk. nimantrayati, ni+manteti] to send a message, to call, summon, invite, coax (to=c. instr.) Sn
981 (nimantayi aor., !sanena asked him to sit down); J vi.365; Nd2 342; DhA iii.171 (˚ayi'su); DA i.169;
VvA 47 (p!n"yena invite to a drink); PvA 75, 95. pp. nimantita, q. v. -- Cp. abhi˚.
Nimitta
Nimitta (nt.) [cp. Sk. nimitta, to m!, although etym. un- certain] 1. sign, omen, portent, prognostication D
i.9 (study of omens=n. sattha' DA i.92, q. v. for detailed expln); J i.11 (caturo nimitte nâddasa'); Miln 79,
178. Esp. as pubba˚ signs preceding an event, portents, warnings, foreshadowings S v.154, 278, 442; It 76
(cp. Divy 193, of the waning of a god); J i.48, 50 (32 signs before birth, some at DA i.61), 59; Miln 298;
Vism 577. 2. outward appearance, mark, characteristic, attribute, phenomenon (opp. essence) D iii.249;
A i.256; iii.319, 375 sq.; iv.33, 418 sq.; J i.420; Ps i.60, 91 sq., 164, 170; ii.39, 64; Vbh 193 sq. -- Mental
reflex, image (with ref. to jh!na) Vism 123, cp. DhsA 167. -- Specified e. g. as foll.: o)!rika S v.259;
pas!daniya S v.156; paccavekkhana˚ D iii.278; Vbh 334; bahiddh! -- sankh!r!˚ Ps i.66 sq.; b!la˚ (opp.
pa*.ita˚) M iii.163; A i.102; mukha˚ (=face) D i.80; S iii.103; v.121; A v.92, 97 sq., 103; r(pa˚, sadda˚ etc.
S iii.10; M i.296; Ps i.92, 112; samatha˚ D iii.213; sam!dhi˚ etc. A i.256 sq.; subha˚ (& asubha˚) S v.64,
103 sq.; A i.3 sq., 87, 200; v.134; Vism 178 sq. nimitta' ga*h!ti to make something the object of a thought,
to catch up a theme for reflection Vin i.183, cp. S v.150 sq. (˚' ugga*h!ti); M i.119 (=five sorts of mental
images); Nd2 659; DhsA 53 (=!k!ra). See below n -- g!hin & animitta. nimitta' parivajjeti to discard
the phenomenal S i.188; Sn 341. -- 3. mark, aim: in nimitta' karoti to pick out the aim, to mark out J v.436;
Nd2 235, 1d; Miln 418. 4. sexual organ (cp. lakkha*a) Vin iii.129 (n. & a˚, as term of abuse); see also
k!&a & ko&acik!. -- 5. ground, reason, condition, in nimittena (instr.) and nimitta' (acc.) as adv.=by means
of, on account of DhA iii.175 (instr.) PvA 8, 97 (j!ti -- nimitta'), 106 (ki' n˚'=kissa hetu), 242 (ya' n˚'=
yato nid!na'). gahita -- nimittena "by means of being caught" Vism 144=DhsA 116 (read trsln 154
accordingly!). adj. nimitta ( -- ˚) caused by, referring to PvA 64 (mara*a -- nimitta' rodana'). -- animitta
free from marks or attributes, not contaminated by outward signs or appearance, undefiled, Dnaffected,
unconditioned (opp. sa˚) S i.188; iv.225 (phassa), 268, 360 (sam!dhi); M i.296 (cetovimutti); A i.82;
iii.292; iv.78; Vin iii.129; Th 1, 92; D iii.219, 249; Dh 92; Sn 342; Ps i.60, 91; ii.36, 59 sq. (vimokha), 65
sq., 99; Dhs 530 (read a˚ for appa˚); Vism 236; DhsA 223 (absence of the 3 lakkha*as); Miln 333, 413;
DhA ii.172; ThA 50. See also Cpd. 199, 2115. sanimitta S v.213 sq.; A i.82. -- ânus!rin following outward
signs (=˚g!hin) A iii.292; Nett 25; -- kamma prognostication, prophecy Vin v.172; Vbh 353; --
kara*a=g!hin S iv.297; -- g!hin "taking signs," enticed or led away by outward signs, entranced with the
general appearance, sensuously attracted D i.70 (cp. Dialogues i.80); iii.225; S iv.104, 168; A ii.16; iii.99;
v.348; Pug 20, 24, 58; Dhs 1345; Miln 367, 403. Cp. Vism 151, 209.
Nimin!ti
Nimin!ti [Sk. niminoti in diff. meaning, the P. meaning being influenced by m!; ni+min!ti, mi to fix,
measure cp. Sk. nimaya barter, change] to turn round, change; to barter, exchange for (c. instr.): pres.
imper. nimin! J v.343 (= parivattehi Com.); pres. 1st pl. nimimhase J ii.369, pot. nimineyya J iii.63; fut.
nimissati J v.271, 453 (devat!hi niraya'); aor. nimmini J iii.63; ger. niminitv! Milo 279.
Nimisa