The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Niggu*a (adj.) [Sk. nirgu*a, nis+gu*a] devoid of good qualities, bad Miln 180.
Niggu*.i
Niggu*.i (f.) [Sk. nirgu*.", of obscure etym.] a shrub (Vitex Negundo) Miln 223 (˚phala); Vism 257
(˚puppha).
Niggumba
Niggumba (adj.) [Sk. *nirgulma, nis+gumba] free from bushes, clear J i.187; Miln 3.
Niggh!tana
Niggh!tana (nt.) [Sk. nirgh!tana, nis+gh!tana, but cp. nigh!ta] destruction, killing, rooting out Sn 1085
(ta*h!˚; SnA 576=vin!sana); Nd2 343 (v. l. nigh!tana).
-- 355 --
Nigghosa
Nigghosa [Sk. nirgho+a, nis+ghosa] 1. "shouting out," sound; fame, renown; speech, utterance,
proclamation; word of reproach, blame S i.190; A iv.88 (appa˚ noiseless, lit. of little or no noise); Sn 719,
818 (=nind!vacana SnA 537), 1061; J i.64; vi.83; Vv 55; Nd1 150; Nd2 344; Dhs 621; VvA 140
(madhura˚); 334 (in quotation appa -- sadda, appa˚); Sdhp 245. -- 2. (adj.) noiseless, quiet, still Sn 959
(=appasadda appanigghosa Nd1 467).
Nigrodha
Nigrodha [Sk. nyagrodha; Non -- Aryan?] the banyan or Indian fig -- tree, Ficus Indica, usually as cpd.
˚rukkha Vin iv.35; D ii.4; Sn 272; J iii.188 (r.) DhA ii.14 (r.); PvA 5 (r.) 112, 244; Sdhp 270; -- pakka the
fruit of the fig -- tree Vism 409. -- parima*.ala the round or circumference of the banyan D ii.18; iii.144,
162.
Nigha
Nigha1 (n"gha) (adj. -- n.) is invented by Com. & scholiasts to explain the combn anigha (an"gha sporadic,
e. g. S v.57). But this should be divided an -- "gha instead of a -- n"gha. -- (m.) rage, trembling, confusion,
only in formula r!go n. doso n. moho n. explaining the adj. an"gha. Thus at S iv.292=Nd2 45; S v.57. --
(adj.) anigha not trembling, undisturbed, calm [see etym. under "gha= Sk. %gh of %gh!yati to tremble, rage,
rave] S i.54; iv.291; J v.343. Otherwise always combd with nir!sa: S i.12=23, 141; Sn 1048, 1060, 1078.
Expld correctly at SnA 590 by r!g!di -- "gha -- virahita. Spelling an"gha J iii.443 (Com. niddukkha); Pv
iv.134 (+nir!sa; expld by niddukkha PvA 230). an"gha also at It 97 (+chinnasa'saya); Ud 76; Dh 295 (v. l.
aniggha; expld by niddukkha DhA iii.454).
Nigha
Nigha2 (nt.) [prob. ni+gha=Sk. ˚gha of hanati (see also P. ˚gha), to kill; unless abstracted from anigha as in
prec. nigha1] killing, destruction Th 2, 491 (=mara*asamp!pana ThA 288).
Nigha'sa
Nigha'sa [Sk. nighar+a] rubbing, chafing DhsA 263, 308.