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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Nisse*i (f.) [fr. nis+$ri, orig. that which leans against, or leads to something, cp. Sk. $re*" a row] a ladder, a<br />

flight of stairs D i.194, 198; J i.53; ii.315; iii.505; Miln 263; Vism 244, 340 (in simile); DhA i.259.<br />

Nissesa<br />

Nissesa (adj.) [nis+sesa] whole, entire; nt. acc. as adv. nissesa' entirely, completely Nd2 533.<br />

Nissoka<br />

Nissoka (adj.) [nis+soka] free from sorrow, without grief, not mourning PvA 62; KhA 153.<br />

Nihata<br />

Nihata (adj.) [pp. of nihanti, ni+han] "slain"; put down, settled; destroyed; dejected, humiliated; humble<br />

Vin ii.307 (settled); J v.435 (˚bhoga one whose fortunes are destroyed). -- m!na "with slain pride,"<br />

humiliated, humble S iv.203; Th 2, 413 (=apan"ta -- m!na ThA 267); J ii.300; vi.367.<br />

Niharati<br />

Niharati see n"harati.<br />

Nihita<br />

Nihita (adj.) [Sk. nihita, pp. of ni+dh!, see dahati] put down, put into, applied, settled; laid down, given up,<br />

renounced. As ˚ -- often in the sense of a prep.= without, e. g. ˚da*.a ˚sattha without stick & sword (see<br />

da*.a . . .) D i.70 (˚pacc!mitta); Pv iv.326 (su˚ well applied); PvA 252 (bhasma -- nihita thrown into the<br />

ashes); Sdhp 311.<br />

Nih"na<br />

Nih"na (adj.) [Sk. nih"na, pp. of nih"yati or nih!yati] lost; degraded, low, vile, base; inferior, little,<br />

insignificant S i.12; Sn 890; Nd1 105, 194; PvA 198 (j!ti˚ low -- born); Sdhp 86. Opp. to seyya J vi.356 sq.<br />

-- attha one who has lost his fortune, poor Pv iv.15; -- kamma of low action Sn 661=It 43; Dh 306; J ii.417;<br />

-- citta low -- minded PvA 107 (=d"na); -- j!tika of inferior birth or caste PvA 175; -- pañña of inferior<br />

wisdom Sn 890 (=paritta -- pañña Nd1 299); -- sevin of vile pursuit A i.126.<br />

Nih"nat!<br />

Nih"nat! (f.) [abstr. to nih"na] lowness, inferiority; vileness, baseness D i.98, 99.<br />

Nih"yati<br />

Nih"yati [ni+h"yati, Pass. of h!, see jah!ti] to be left, to come to ruin, to be destroyed A i.126=J iii.324<br />

(=vin!sa' p!pu*!ti). pp. nih"na (q. v.).<br />

Nihuhunka<br />

Nihuhunka (adj.) [fr. n"˚=nis+huhunka] one who does not confide in the sound hu' Vin i.3 (cp. J.P.T.S.<br />

1901, 42).<br />

N"ka

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