The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

knowledge (: anicca -- sañña' manasikaroti to ponder over the idea of impermanence S ii.47; iii.155; v.132;
Ps ii.48 sq., 100; PvA 62 etc. -- k!ye anicc' ânupassin realizing the impermanence of the body (together
with vayânupassin & nirodha˚) S iv.211; v.324, 345; Ps ii.37, 45 sq., 241 sq. See anupassan!). In this
import anicca occurs in many combinations of similar terms, all characterising change, its consequences &
its meaning, esp. in the famous triad "anicca' dukkha' anatt!" (see dukkha ii.2), e. g. S iii.41, 67, 180;
iv.28 (sabba'), 85 sq., 106 sq.; 133 sq. Thus anicca addhuva app!yuka cavanadhamma D i.21.
anicca+dukkha S ii.53 (yad anicca' ta' dukkha'); iv.28, 31, v.345; A iv.52 (anicce dukkhasaññ!); M i.500
(+roga etc.); Nd2 214 (id. cp. roga). anicca dukkha vipari*!madhamma (of k!m!) D i.36. aniccasaññ"
anattasaññ" A iv.353; etc. Opposed to this ever -- fluctuating impermanence is Nibb!na (q. v.), which is
therefore marked with the attributes of constancy & stableness (cp. dhuva, sassata amata, vipari*!ma). --
See further for ref. S ii.244 sq. (sa)!yatana' a.), 248 (dh!tuyo); iii.102 (r(pa etc.); iv.131, 151; A ii.33, 52;
v.187 sq., 343 sq.; Sn 805; Ps i.191; ii.28 sq., 80, 106; Vbh 12 (r(pa etc.), 70 (dv!dasâyatan!ni), 319
(viññ!*!), 324 (khandh!), 373; PvA 60 (= ittara). -- k!la' (adv.) constantly Nd2 345; -- d!na a perpetual
gift D i.144 (cp. DA i.302); -- bhatta a continuous food-supply (for the bhikkhus) J i.178; VvA 92; PvA 54;
-- bhattika one who enjoys a continuous supply of food (as charity) Vin ii.78; iii.237 (=dhuva -- bhattika);
iv.271; -- saññ! (& adj. saññin) the consciousness or idea of permanence (adj. having etc.) A ii.52; iii.79,
334; iv.13, 145 sq.; Nett 27; -- s"la the uninterrupted observance of good conduct VvA 72; PvA 256.
Niccat!
Niccat! (f.) [abstr. to nicca] continuity, permanence, only as a˚ changeableness, impermanence S i.61, 204;
iii.43; iv.142 sq., 216, 325.
Niccatta
Niccatta (nt.)=niccat! Vism 509.
Niccamma
Niccamma [Sk. ni$carman, nis+camma] without skin, excoriated, in ˚' karoti to flog skinless, to beat the
skin off J iii.281. niccamma -- g!v" "a skinless cow," used in a well -- known simile at S ii.99, referred to at
Vism 341 & 463.
Niccala
Niccala (adj.) [Sk. ni$cala, nis+cala] motionless J iv.2; PvA 95.
Niccittaka
Niccittaka (adj.) [Sk. ni$citta, nis+citta (ka)] thoughtless J ii.298.
Niccola
Niccola (adj.) [nis -- cola] without dress, naked PvA 32 (=nagga).
Nicchanda
Nicchanda (adj.) [nis+chanda] without desire or ex- citement J i.7.
Nicchaya