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Nikaroti i88 Nikkasava
Nikaroti [Sk. nikaroti, iii+ karoti] to bringdown, humiliate,
to deceive, cheat Sn 138 (nikubbctha Pot. =vanceyya
KhA 247). pp. nikata (q. v.).
Nikasu [Sk. nikasa. ni+kasati] a whetstone Davs 111.87
(°opala).
Nikasava (adj.) [Sk. nijkasaya nis+ kasava see kasaya
2''] free from impurity Vin 1.3 ; opp. anikkasava (q. v.)
Dhgas.
Nikama [Vedic nikama, ni+ kama] desire, pleasure, longing
: only in cpds. ; see nanikama.
-kara read by Kem (Toev. 174) at Th i, 12 71 for na
kamakara but unjustified (see SnA on Sn 351) ; -labhin
gaining pleasure S 11.278 ; M '• 1.354 'i'-' 'O ; A 11.23, 3^ ;
Pug II, .12 ;
Vbh 332.
Nikamana (f.) = nikanti, Dhs 1059.
Nikameti [Sk. ni-kamayati, ni+ kameti] to crave, desire,
strive after, ppr nikamayar) S 1.122, & nikamayamana
Vin II. 108. Cp. nikanta & nikanti.
Nikaya [Sk. nikaya, ni+kaya] collection (" body ") assemblage,
class, group ; i . generally (always -°) : eka° one
class of beings DhsA 66 ; tiracchana" the animal kingdom
S III. 1 52; deva° the assembly of the gods, the gods
D II. 261 (60); M 1.102 ; S VI, 180; A 111,249; IV. 461 ;
PvA 1 36 ; satta° the world of beings, the animate
creation, a class of living beings S 11. 2, 42, 44 ; M
1.49
(tesag tesag sattanar) tamhi tamhi s.—nikkye of all
beings in each class) ; Vbh 137; PvA 134. — 2. especially
the coll. of Buddhist Suttas, as tfie 5 sections of the
Suttanta Pifaka, viz. Digha°, Majjhima", Sagyutja",
Anguttara" (referred to as D.M.S.A. in Dictionaryquotations),
Khuddaka" ; enum'' PvA 2 ; Anvs p. 35 ;
DhA 11.95 (dhammasanag aruyha pancahi nikayehi
atthaa ca karaoaii ca akaddhitva). The five Nikayas
are enum'' also at Vism 711; one is referred to at SnA
195 (pariyapunati master by heart). See further
details under pifaka. Cp. nekayika.
Nikara [Sk. nikara in diff. meaning, ni-l- kara] service,
humility J in. 120 (nikara-pakara, prob. to be read
nipaccakara, q. v.).
Nikasa (n.-adj.) [ni-)-ka4] appearance; adj. of appearance,
like J v. 87 (-°), corresp. to "avakasa.
Nikasin (adj.) [cp. Sk. nika^in; fr. ni-{-kasati] " shining,"
resembling, like J in. 320 (aggi-nikasina suriyena).
Nikiwa (adj.) [Sk. *nikirna, pp. ni-t-kirati, cp. kirapa]
" strewn down into," hidden away, sheltered J 111.529.
NiUlita (adj.) [Sk. *nikri