The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nik!ya
Nik!ya [Sk. nik!ya, ni+k!ya] collection ("body") assem- blage, class, group; 1. generally (always -- ˚): eka˚
one class of beings DhsA 66; tiracch!na˚ the animal kingdom S iii.152; deva˚ the assembly of the gods, the
gods D ii.261 (60); M i.102; S iv. 180; A iii.249; iv.461; PvA 136; satta˚ the world of beings, the animate
creation, a class of living beings S ii.2, 42, 44; M i.49 (tesa' tesa' satt!na' tamhi tamhi s. -- nik!ye of all
beings in each class); Vbh 137; PvA 134. -- 2. especially the coll. of Buddhist Suttas, as the 5 sections of
the Suttanta Pi&aka, viz. D"gha˚, Majjhima˚, Sa'yutta˚, Anguttara˚ (referred to as D.M.S.A. in
Dictionaryquotations), Khuddaka˚; enumd PvA 2; Anvs p. 35; DhA ii.95 (dhamm!sana' !ruyha pañcahi
nik!yehi atthañ ca k!ra*añ ca !ka..hitv!). The five Nik!yas are enumd also at Vism 711; one is referred to
at SnA 195 (pariy!pu*!ti master by heart). See further details under pi&aka. Cp. nek!yika.
Nik!ra
Nik!ra [Sk. nik!ra in diff. meaning, ni+k!ra] service, humility J iii.120 (nik!ra -- pak!ra, prob. to be read
nipacc!k!ra, q. v.).
Nik!sa
Nik!sa (n. -- adj.) [ni+ka$] appearance; adj. of appearance, like J v.87 ( -- ˚), corresp. to ˚avak!sa.
Nik!sin
Nik!sin (adj.) [cp. Sk. nik!$in; fr. ni+k!sati] "shining," resembling, like J iii.320 (aggi -- nik!sin! suriyena).
Niki**a
Niki**a (adj.) [Sk. *nik"r*a, pp. ni+kirati, cp. kira*a] "strewn down into," hidden away, sheltered J iii.529.
Niki)ita
Niki)ita (adj.) [Sk. *nikr".ita, pp. of nikr".ayati, ni+ k")ati] engrossed in play J vi.313.
Nik")it!vin
Nik")it!vin (adj.) [fr. ni -- k")ati] playful, playing or dallying with (c. loc.), finding enjoyment in S i.9 (a˚
k!mesu); iv.110 (id.).
Nikujja
Nikujja see nikkujja, q. v. also for nikujjita which is more correctly spelt k than kk (cp. Trenckner, Preface
to Majjhima Nik!ya & see ni˚ A 1).
Nikujjati
Nikujjati [ni+kujjati, see kujja & cp. nikkujja] to be bent down on, i. e. to attach importance to, to lay
weight on D i.53 (as vv. ll. to be preferred to text reading nikkujj˚, cp. nikujja); DA i.160 (nikk˚).
Nikuñja
Nikuñja [Sk. nikuñja, ni+kuñja] a hollow down, a glen, thicket D!vs iv.32.