The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nis!meti [ni+s!meti] to attend to, listen to, observe, be careful of, mind J iv.29 (anis!metv! by not being
careful); v.486; DhA i.239 (+upadh!neti); PvA 1 (imper. nis!mayatha). Cp. nisanti, nisamma.
Nis!ra
Nis!ra (adj. -- n.) [ni+s!ra] full of sap, excellent, strong (of a tree) Vv 631 (=niratisaya s!rassa
nisi&&has!rassa rukkhassa VvA 261).
Nisiñcati
Nisiñcati [ni+siñcati] to besprinkle Mhvs vii.8.
Nisita
Nisita (adj.) [Sk. ni$ita, ni+pp. of $! to whet] sharp M i.281 (!vudhaj!ta p"ta˚?); J iv.118 (su˚); VvA 233;
PvA 155, 192, 213.
Nisinna
Nisinna (adj.) [Sk. ni+anna, pp. of nis"dati] sitting down, seated J i.50, 255; iii.126; KhA 250; PvA 11, 16,
39 & passim. -- Often combd & contrasted with ti&&ha' (standing), cara' (walking) & saya' (say!na; lying
down), e. g. at Sn 151, 193; It 82.
Nisinnaka
Nisinnaka (adj.)=nisinna; M i.333; J i.163; DhA iii.175.
Nis"tha
Nis"tha [Sk. ni$"tha, see nis!] midnight, night Th 1, 3 (aggi yath! pajjalito nis"the; v. l. BB nisive), 524 (v. l.
nisive); J iv.432; v.330, 331 (v. l. BB nisive), 506 (=rattibh!ga Com.).
Nis"dati
Nis"dati [Sk. ni+"dati, ni+s"dati] to sit down, to be seated, to sit, to dwell Nd2 433; J iii.392; vi.367; Pv ii.93
(nis"deyya Pot.); PvA 74. aor. nis"di Vin i.1; J ii.153; PvA 5, 23, 44; 3rd pl. nis"di'su (J i.307) & nis"disu'
(Mhvs vii.40); ger. nis"ditv! (J ii.160; PvA 5, 74), nisajja D ii.127) and nis"ditv!na (Sn 1031); grd.
nis"ditabba Vin i.47. pp. nisinna (q. v.). -- Caus. II. nis"d!peti [cp. Sk. ni+!dayati] to cause to sit down, to
make one be seated, to invite to a seat J iii.392; vi.367; PvA 17, 35 (there !sane); Miln 20. Cp. abhi˚, san˚.
Nis"dana
Nis"dana (nt.) [Sk. ni+adana, fr. nis"dati] sitting down, occasion or opportunity to sit, a mat to sit on Vin
i.295; ii.123 (˚ena vippavasati); S v.259 (˚' ga*h!ti). ˚paccatthara*a a mat for sitting on Vin i.47, 295;
ii.209, 218.
Nisumbhati
Nisumbhati [ni+sumbh (subhn!ti)] to knock down Th 2, 302 (=p!teti ThA 227).
Nis(dana