The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Niratta2 (adj.) [Sk. nirasta, pp. of nirasyati, see nirassati] rejected, thrown off, given up Sn 1098; Nd2 359.
Note. At Sn 787, 858, 919 the interpretation of Nd1 82= 248=352 and also Bdhgh assume a cpd. of
nis+attan (= nir!tman): see niratta1.
Nirattha
Nirattha (adj.) [nis+attha] useless, groundless, unpro- ficient, vain (opp. s!ttha profitable) Sn 582 (nt. as
adv.), 585 (niratth! paridevan!); Dh 41; J iii.26; PvA 18 (˚bh!va uselessness), 83 (=du1).
Niratthaka
Niratthaka (adj.)=nirattha; VvA 324; PvA 18, 40, 63, 102 etc. -- f. ˚ik! ThA 258; Miln 20; Sdhp 68.
Nirantara
Nirantara (adj.) [nis+antara] having no interval, con- tinuous, uninterrupted PvA 135. Usually in nt. as adv.
nirantara' always, incessantly, constantly; immediately, at once DhsA 168; PvA 52, 80, 107, 110
(=satata'), 120; DhA i.13.
Nirapar!dha
Nirapar!dha (adj.) [nis+apar!dha] without offence, guilt- less, innocent J i.264.
Nirapekkha
Nirapekkha (adj.) [nis+apa+"k+] not heeding, unsus- pecting, disregarding, indifferent, reckless VvA 27, 47
(j"vita'); PvA 62; DA i.177; Miln 343 (j"vita').
Nirabbuda
Nirabbuda1 (m. nt.) [cp. BSk. nirarbuda & abbuda 3] a vast number; also N. of a hell S i.149=A ii.3=v.171
(expld at 173 as "seyyath! pi v"sati abbud! niray! evam eko nirabbudo nirayo"); J iii.360 (Com.: v"sati
abbud!ni eka' nirabbuda').
Nirabbuda
Nirabbuda2 (adj.) [nis+abbuda2] free from boils or tumours, healthy (also fig.) Vin iii.18 (of the Sangha).
Niraya
Niraya [BSk. niraya, nis+aya of i=to go asunder, to go to destruction, to die, cp. in meaning Vedic nir%ti.
The popular etym. given by Dhammap!la at PvA 53 is "n' atthi ettha ayo sukhan ti"=there is no good; that
given by Bdhgh at Vism 427 "n' atthi ettha ass!dasaññito ayo" (no refreshment)] purgatory, hell, a place of
punishment & torture, where sin is atoned (i. e. kamma ripens=paccati, is literally boiled) by terrible
ordeals (k!ra*!ni) similar to & partly identical with those of Hades & Tartarus. There are a great number of
hells, of which the most fearful is the Av"cimah!niraya (see Av"ci). Names of other purgatories occur
frequently in the J!taka collection, e. g. K!kola vi.247; Khuradh!ra v.269 sq.; Dh(ma -- roruva v.271;
Pat!pana v.266, 271, 453; Paduma iv.245; Roruva iii.299; v.266; vi.237; Sangh!ta v.266; Sañj"va ibid.;
Sataporisa v.269; Sattis(la v.143. As the principal one n. is often mentioned with the other ap!yas (states of
suffering), viz. tiracch!nayoni (animal world) & pittivisaya (the manes), e. g. at Nd1 489; Nd2 517, 550; Pv
iv.11; ThA 282; PvA 27 sq. (see ap!ya). -- There is a great variety of qualifying adjectives connected with
niraya, all of which abound in notions of fearful pain, awful misery & continuous suffering, e. g. ka&uka,