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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Nimm"leti see nim"lati.<br />

Nimm(la<br />

Nimm(la (adj.) [nis+m(la] without root, rootless J vi.177.<br />

Nimmoka<br />

Nimmoka [Sk. nirmoka fr. nis+moceti] the slough or cast- off skin of a snake PvA 63.<br />

Niya<br />

Niya (adj.) [Sk. nija, q. v.] one's own Sn 149 (˚putta= orasaputta KhA 248); niyassakamma at A i.99 & Pv<br />

iv.113 (v. l. Minayeff tiyassa) is to be read as nissayakamma (q. v.).<br />

Niyaka<br />

Niyaka (adj.) [=niya] one's own Th 2, 469; ThA 284; DhsA 169, 337; DA i.183; Vbh 2; Vism 349.<br />

Niyata<br />

Niyata (adj.) [pp. of ni+yam] restrained, bound to, con- strained to, sure (as to the future), fixed (in its<br />

consequences), certain, assured, necessary D ii.92 (sambodhipar!yan!), 155; iii.107; Sn 70 (=ariyamaggena<br />

niy!mappatta SnA 124, cp. Nd2 357); Dh 142 (=catumagga niyamena n. DhA iii.83); J i.44 (bodhiy!);<br />

Pug 13, 16, 63; Kvu 609 sq.; Dhs 1028 sq. (micchatta˚ etc.; cp. Dhs. trsl. 266, 267), 1414, 1595; Vbh 17,<br />

24, 63, 319, 324; Miln 193; Tikp 168 (˚micch!di&&hi); DhA iii.170; PvA 211. Discussed in Pts. of Contr.<br />

(see Index). aniyata see separately.<br />

Niyati<br />

Niyati (f.) [cp. Sk. niyati, ni+yam] necessity, fate, destiny D i.53; DA i.161; VvA 341; PvA 254.<br />

Niyama<br />

Niyama [cp. Sk. niyama, ni+yam; often confused with niy!ma] 1. restraint, constraint, training, self --<br />

control Miln 116 (yama+); PvA 98 (yama+). -- 2. definiteness, certainty, limitation DhA iii.83<br />

(catumagga˚, v. l. niy!ma); SnA 124 (niy!ma); DhsA 154; PvA 166 (aya' n. sa's!ren' atthi: law,<br />

necessity). -- aniyama indefiniteness, choice, generality DhsA 57; VvA 16 (ya' kiñci=aniyame, i. e. in a<br />

general sense), 17 (same of ye keci); PvA 175 (v! saddo aniyamattho= indefinite). -- niyamena (instr.) adv.<br />

by necessity, necessarily PvA 287; niyamato (abl.) id. DhsA 145, 304 (so read). 3. natural law, cosmic<br />

order; in Commentarial literature this was fivefold: utu -- , b"ja -- , kamma -- , Ritta -- , dhammaDA on D<br />

ii.11; Dial. ii.8; DhsA 272; trs. 360.<br />

Niyamana<br />

Niyamana (nt.) [Sk. niyamana, to niyameti] fixing, settling, definition, explanation in detail Miln 352<br />

(lakkha -- n˚ aiming at the target); VvA 22 (visesattha˚); 231, PvA 255 (so read for nigamana?).<br />

Niyameti<br />

Niyameti [cp. Sk. niyamayati, ni+yamati] to tie down, to fix; explain in detail, exemplify PvA 265; Vism<br />

666. pp. niyamita see a˚.

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