The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

S i.159=D ii.157= Th 1, 906 (pajjotass' eva nibb!na' vimokkho cetaso ah(), A iv.3 (pajjotass' eva n.
vimokkho hoti cetaso); Sn 235 (. . . te kh"*ab"j! avir()hichand! nibbanti dh"r! yathâya' pad"po). -- abhirata
fond of N. (cp. III. 3) S i.38; A iii.435; Sn 86 (visalla+); -- ogadha merging into N. (of brahmacariya) S
iii.189; v.218; A ii.26=It 28; Vbh 426, cp. amatogadha A v.107; -- gamana (magga; cp. III. 2) leading to N.
D ii.223; S i.186, 217; A iv.83; (dhamma:)
-- 365 --
S v.11; Sn 233; -- dh!tu the sphere or realm of N. always in phrase anup!dises!saya n. -- dh!tuy!
parinibb!yate Vin ii.239; D iii.135; It 38, 121; Ps i.101; cp. r!gavinayo n. -- dh!tuy! adhivacana' S v.8.
See parinibb!yin; -- ninna (+˚po*a, ˚pabbh!ra; cp. III. 3) converging into N. A iii.443; Vv 8442 & passim; -
- pa&isaññuta (dhammikath!; cp. III. 2) relating or referring to N. S i.114=192=210; Ud 80; -- patta having
attained N. (di&&ha -- dhamma˚, see above III. 5) S ii.18=114= iii.163; -- patti attainment of N. S i.48,
214=Sn 186; -- pada=Nibb!na (see pada 3) Sn 204. -- pariyos!na ending in N. having its final goal in N. S
iii.189; v.218; A v.107; -- sa'vattanika conducive to N.; contributing toward the attainment of N. S v.97;
Nd2 281 (a˚); cp. above III. 7; -- sacchikiriy! realisation of N. (identical with ñ!*a and constituting the
highest ideal; cp. above III. 2) Sn 267. Cp. also D ii.290; S v.167; A iii.423; v.141; -- saññ! perception of
N. A iii.443; -- sampatti successful attainment of N. Kh viii.13; -- sampad! the blessing of the attainment of
N. A iv.239.
Nibb!pana
Nibb!pana (nt.) [abstr. fr. nibb!peti] means of extinguishing, extinction, quenching S i.188 (citta'
pari.ayhati: nibb!pana' br(hi=allayment of the glow); A iv.320 (celassa n˚!ya chanda' karoti: try to put
out the burning cloth); Miln 302 (jh!yam!no n˚' alabham!no), 318 (pari)!ha˚).
Nibb!pita
Nibb!pita (adj.) [pp. of nibb!peti] extinguished, put out, quenched J iii.99 (= nicchuddha).
Nibb!peti
Nibb!peti [Sk. ni(r)v!rayati, Caus. of ni(r)varati, influ- enced in meaning by nirv!payati. Caus. of nirv!ti=
make cool by blowing (e. g. RV x.1613). See nibbuta on etym.] 1. to extinguish, put out, quench S i.188
(mah!r!ga'); It 93 (r!g -- aggi'; & nibb!petv! aggi' nipak! parinibbanti); cp. aggi' nijj!leti J vi.495; Pv
i.85 (v!rin! viya osiñca' sabba' dara' nibb!paye); Miln 304 (aggikhandha' mah!megho abhippavassitv!
n.), 318 (nibb!pehi me hadaya -- pari)!ha'), 410 (megho u*ha' n.); DhA ii.241 (fire); Sdhp 552
(bhavadukkh' aggi'). -- 2. to cleanse, purify (citta', one's heart) Vism 305. -- pp. nibb!pita. See also
nibb!pana.
Nibb!yati
Nibb!yati [Sk. ni -- (or nir -- )vriyate, Pass. of ni(r)varati, influenced by nirv!yati intrs. to cease to blow;
see on etym. & P!li derivation nibbuta] 1. to be cooled or refreshed, to be covered up=to be extinguished,
go out (of fire), to cease to exist, always used with ref. to fire or heat or (fig.) burning sensations (see
nibb!na II. A end): aggikkhandho purimassa ca up!d!nassa puriy!d!n! aññassa ca anup!h!r! an!h!ro
nibb!yeyya S ii.85 (opp. j!leyya); do. of tela' & va&&i' pa&icca telappad"po n. S ii.86=iii.126=iv.213=
v.319; sace te purato so aggi nibb!yeyya j!neyy!si tva': aya' . . . aggi nibbuto M i.487; A iv.70 (papa&ik!
n.); aggi udake ti*ukk! viya n. J i.212; m!tuhadaya' n. J i.61; aggi up!d!na -- sankhay! n. Miln 304. -- aor.
nibb!yi [Sk. nirav!ri] J i.27 (mano n.: was refreshed) 212 (aggi udake n.: was extinguished); vi.349 (cooled
down). -- 2. to go out (of light) Vism 430 (d"p! nibb!yi'su the lights went out); ThA 154 (d"pacci n.
nir!san!: went out). See also parinibb!yati & cp. nibbuta, nibb!peti, nibb!pana.