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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Nimmala<br />

Nimmala (adj.) [nis+mala] free from impurity, stainless, clean, pure A iv.340; Dh 243; Nd2 586; Vism 58;<br />

Sdhp 250.<br />

Nimm!tapitika<br />

Nimm!ta -- pitika (adj.) [nis+m!ta -- pitika] one who has neither mother nor father, an orphan DhA ii.72.<br />

Nimm!tar<br />

Nimm!tar [Sk. nirm!t%, n. ag. of nimmin!ti] maker, builder, creator D i.18, 56 (in formula: brahm! . . .<br />

katt! nimm!t! . . .).<br />

Nimm!deti<br />

Nimm!deti [either=Sk. nirm%dayati (m%d) or *nirm!dayati to nirmada. free from pride=nirm!na] to crush,<br />

subdue, humiliate; insult D i.92 (v. l. ˚maddeti;=DA i.257 nimmadati nimm!ne karoti), 93, 96.<br />

Nimm!na<br />

Nimm!na1 (nt.) [Sk. nirm!*a, see nimmin!ti] measuring; production, creation, work; issara -- n -- hetu<br />

caused by God M ii.122; A i.173; Vbh 367. N. -- rat" dev! a class of devas, e. g. at D i.218; It 94; Vism<br />

225; DA i.114; ThA 169; VvA 149. Cp. (para -- ) nimmita.<br />

Nimm!na<br />

Nimm!na2 (adj.) [Sk. nirm!na, nis+m!na] free from pride, humble DA i.257.<br />

Nimm!niyati<br />

Nimm!niyati [Pass. to nimm!na, of nis+m!na] to be abased, to be mocked Vin ii.183.<br />

Nimmita<br />

Nimmita (adj. -- pp.) [pp. of nimmin!ti] measured out, planned, laid out; created (by supernatural power,<br />

iddhi); measured, stately D i.18, 56 (iddhiy! pi DA i.167), 219 (Su˚ devaputta. Np.), ibid.<br />

(Paranimmitavasavatt" dev! a class of devas, lit. "created by others," but also possessed of great power:<br />

VvA 79, 80); also one of the 5, or the 3 spheres (k!mûpapattiyo) in the k!maloka, viz. paccupa&&hita --<br />

k!m!, nimm!narati˚ (or nimmita˚), paranimmita˚. It 94; Dhs 1280 (cp. k!ma); D iii.218; J i.59, 146 (k!yo n'<br />

eva deva˚ na brahma˚), 232, Nd2 202a, also under pucch!; P ii.119 (su˚, well constructed, i. e.<br />

symmetrical); Vism 228 (M!rena nimmita' Buddhar(pa'); VvA 36 (=mita' gacchati v!ra*o), 79; ThA 69,<br />

70; Miln 1, 242. See also abhinimmita.<br />

Nimmin!ti<br />

Nimmin!ti [cp. Sk. nirmim"ti & nirm!ti, nis+min!ti, m!; cp. nimin!ti] to measure out, fashion, build,<br />

construct, form; make by miracle, create, compose; produce, lay out, plan, aor. nimmini J i.232; PvA 245;<br />

DhA iv.67; ger nimminitv! J i.32; VvA 80, & nimm!ya Vv 163. -- pp. nimmita See also nimm!tar and<br />

nimm!na. Cp. abhi˚.<br />

Nimm"leti

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