The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nikkhaya (adj.) [Sk. *ni1k+aya, nis+khaya] liable to destruction, able to be destroyed, in dun˚ hard to
destroy J iv.449 (=dun -- nikka..hiya Com.); also to be read (v. l.) at Th 1, 72 for dunnikkhama. Cp.
nikh"*a.
Nikkhitta
Nikkhitta (adj.) [Sk. nik+ipta, see nikkhipati] laid down, lying; put down into, set in, arranged; in cpds. (˚ --
) having laid down=freed of, rid of D ii.14 (ma*i -- ratana' vatthe n. set into); It 13 (sagge: put into
heaven); J i.53, 266; Pv iii.68; Miln 343 (agga˚ put down as the highest, i. e. of the highest praise; cp. BSk.
agranik+ipta Lal. V. 167); PvA 148 (dhana n.= collected, v. l. SS. nikkita). nikkhitta -- da*.a (adj.) not
using a weapon (cp. da*.a) S i.141 etc.; nikkhitta -- dhura unyoked, freed of the yoke A i.71; iii.108; cp.
DhsA 145; -- su˚ well set, well arranged A ii.147 sq. (˚assa pada -- vyañjanassa attho sunnayo hoti); opp.
dun˚ A i.59; Nett 21.
Nikkhittaka
Nikkhittaka (adj. -- n.) [fr. nikkhitta] one to whose charge something has been committed Dpvs iv.5 (agga˚
thera: original depositary of the Faith).
Nikkhipati
Nikkhipati [Sk. nik+ipati, ni+khipati] 1. to lay down (carefully), to put down, to lay (an egg) Vin ii.114; It
13, 14 (Pot. nikkhipeyya); Pug 34; J i.49 (a*.aka'). -- 2. to lay aside, to put away Vin i.46 (patta --
c"vara'); A i.206 (da*.a' to discard the weapon; see da*.a); Mhvs 14, 10 (dhanu -- sara'). -- 3. to
eliminate, get rid of, give up Pv ii.615 (deha' to get rid of the body); DhsA 344 (vitth!ra -- desana'). -- 4.
to give in charge, to deposit, entrust, save Pug 26; VvA 33 (sahassathavika'). -- aor. nikkhipi D ii.161
(Bhagavato sar"ra') J ii.104, 111, 416; fut. ˚issati D ii.157 (samussaya'); ger. ˚itv! M iii.156 (citta'); J
ii.416; vi.366; grd. ˚itabba Vin i.46. -- pp. nikkhitta (q. v.). -- Caus. nikkhip!peti to cause to be laid down,
to order to be put down etc. PvA 215 (gos"sa&&hi'). Cp. abhi˚.
Nikkhepa
Nikkhepa [Sk. nik+epa, see nikkhipati] putting down, laying down; casting off, discarding, elimination;
giving up, renunciation; abstract or summary treatment DhsA 6, 344 (see under m!tik!); in grammar: pada˚
the setting of the verse; i. e. rules of composition (Miln 381). Vin i.16 (p!duk!na'=the putting down of the
slippers, i.e. the slippers as they were, put down); J iii.243 (dhura˚ giving up one's office or charge), i.236
(sar"ra ˚' k!resi had the body laid out); Dpvs xvii.109 (id.). Vism 618 (=cuti); DhA ii.98 (sar"ra˚); DA i.50
(sutta˚); DhsA 344; Miln 91.
-- 354 --
Nikkhepana
Nikkhepana (nt.)=nikkhepa S iii.26 (bh!ra˚ getting rid of the load, opp. bh!râd!na'); Miln 356
(=comparison); Vism 236 (deha˚).
Nikhanati & Nikha*ati
Nikhanati & Nikha*ati [Sk. nikhanati, ni+khanati] to dig into, to bury, to erect, to cover up Vin ii.116;
iii.78 (akkhi'=cover the eye, as a sign); J v.434=DhA iv.197 (id.); D ii.127 (*); J i.264; SnA 519 (*, to
bury). -- pp. nikh!ta.
Nikh!ta