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Nigghosa 191 Nicchaya
Nigghosa [Sk. nirghosa, nis+ghosa] i. "shouting out,"
sound ; fame, renown ; speech, utterance, proclamation ;
word of reproach, blame S 1.19(1 ;
A iv.88 (appa° noiseless,
lit. of little or no noise); Sn 719, 818 ( = nindavacana
SnA 537), 1061 J 1.64;; vi.83 ; Vv 5*; Nd* 150;
Nd^ 344; Dhs 621; VvA 140 (madhura") ; 334 (in
quotation appa-sadda, appa°) ; Sdhp 245. — 2. (adj.)
noiseless, quiet, still Sn 959 ( = appasadda appanigghosa
Nd» 467).
Nigrodha [Sk. nyagrodha ; Non-Aryan ?] the banyan or
Indian fig-tree, Ficus Indica, usually as cpd. °rukkha
Vin IV.35 ; D 11. 4 ; Sn 272 ; J 111.188 (r.) DhA :i.i4 (t.) ;
PvA 5 (r.) 1 12, 244 ; Sdhp 270 ; -pakka the fruit of the
fig-tree Vism 409. -parimandala the round or circumference
of the banyan D 11. 18 ; 111.144, 162.
Nigha* (nigha) (adj.-n.) is invented by Com. & scholiasts
to explain the comb" anigha (anigha sporadic, e. g.
S V.57). But this should be divided an-igha instead
of a-nigha. — (m.) rage, trembling, confusion, only in
formula rago n. doso n. moho n. explaining the adj.
anigha. Thus at S iv.292=Nd' 45; S v.57. — (^^j-)
anigha not trembling, undisturbed, calm [see etym.
under igha = Sk. rgh of rghayati to tremble, rage, rave]
S 1.54 ; IV. 291 ; J v. 343. Otherwise always comb''
withnirasa : S 1.12 =23, 141 ; Sn 1048, 1060, 1078. Expl*"
correctly at SnA 590 by ragadi-Igha-virahita. Spelling
anigha J ni.443 (Com. niddukkha) ; Pv iv. i'* (-1- nirasa ;
expH by niddukkha PvA 230). anigha also at It 97
(-l-chinnasar)saya) ; Ud 76; Dh 295 (v. 1. aniggha
expl"" by niddukkha DhA in. 454).
Nigha' (nt.) [prob. ni-|-gha = Sk. °gha of hanati (see also
P. °gha), to kill ; unless abstracted from anigha as in
prec. nigha'J killing, destruction Th 2, 491 ( = maraijasampSpana
ThA 288).
Nighagsa [Sk. nighar^a] rubbing, chafing DhsA 263, 308.
Nighagsati [Sk. nigharsati, ni-f ghagsati*] i. to rub, mb
against, graze, chafe Vin II. 133 ; Vism 120 ; DhA 1.396.
— 2. to polish up, clean J 11.418 ; 111.75.
Nighagsana (nt.) [Sk. nighar^ana] =nigbar)sa Mihi 215.
NighaQ^O [.^^- iiigl^^ntu, dial, for nirgrantha from grathnati
(see garifhi & ghattana), orig. disentanglement,
unravelling, i. e. explanation ; cp. niggaijthi, which is a
variant of the same word. — BSk. nighanta (Divy 619 ;
AvS II. 19). Prk. nigha^tu] an explained word or a word
expl°, vocabulary, gloss, usually in ster. formula
marking the accomplishments of a learned Brahmin
" sanighandu-ketubhanar) . . . padako " (see detail
under ketubha) D 1.88 ; A
1.163, 166 ; in. 223 ; Sn p. 105 ;
Miln 10. Bdhgh's expl" is quoted by Trenckner,
Notes p. 65.
Nighata [Sk. nighata, ni-l- ghata] striking down, suppressing,
destroying, killing M 1.430; Nett 189. Cp.
nighsti.
Nighati [ni-f- ghati] "slaying or being slain," defeat, loss
(opp. ugghati) Sn 828. Cp. nighata.
Nicaya [Sk. nicaya, ni4- caya, cp. nicita] heaping up,
accumulation ; wealth, provisions S 1.93, ; 97 Vin
V. 172 ("sannidhi). See also necayika.
Nicita (adj.) [Sk. nicita, ni-hcita, of nicinati] heaped up,
full, thick, massed, dense Th 2, 480 (of hair); PvA 221
(ussanna uparupari nicita, of Niraya).
Nionia [Sk. nicula] a plant (Barringtonia acutangnla)
VvA 134.
Niooa (adj.) [Vedic nitya, adj. -formation fr. ni, meaning
" downward "= onward, on and on; according to
Grassmann {fVlb. z. Rig Veda) originally " inwardly.
homely"] constant, continuous, permanent D 111.31 ;
S 1. 142; II. 109, 198; IV.24 sq., 45, 63; A U.33, 52;
v. 2 10 ; Ps 11.80 ; Vbh 335, 426. In chain of synonyms :
nicca dhuva sassata a\ iparinamadhamma D 1.21 ;
S 111.144, 147; see below anicca, — nt. adv. niccai)
perpetually, constantly, always (syn. sada) M 1.326
111.271 ; Sn 69, 220, 336 ; Dh 23, 109, 206, 293 i ; J 290
in. 26, 190 ; Nd2 345 (-dhuvakalar)) ; PVA32, 55, 134. —
Far more freq. as anicca (adj. ; aniccai) nt. n.) unstable,
impermanent, inconstant ; (nt.) evanescence, inconstancy,
impermanence. — The emphatic assertion of
irapermanence (continuous change of condition) is a
prominent axiom of the Dbamma, & the realization of
the evanescent character of all things mental or material
is one of the primary conditions of attaining right
knowledge ( : anicca-sailnai) manasikaroti to ponder
over the idea of impermanence S 11-47 ; ni.155 ; v. 132 ;
Ps 11.48 sq., 100 ; PvA 62 etc. — kaye anicc' anupassin
realizing the impermanence of the body (together with
vayanupaissin & nirodha") S iv.211; v. 324, 345; Ps
11.37, 45 sq., 241 sq. See anupassana). In this import
anicca occurs in many combinations of similar terms,
all characterising change, its consequences & its meaning,
esp. in the famous triad " aniccarj dukkhag anatta " (see
dukkha 11. 2), e. g. S 111.41, 67, 180; iv.28 (sabbag), 85
sq., 106 sq. ; 133 sq. Thus anicca addhuva appayuka
cavanadhamma D 1.21. anicca -t- dukkha S 11.53 (yad
aniccar) tag dukkhag) ; iv.28, 31, v. 345 ; A iv.52 (anicce
dukkhasaiiiia) ; M 1.500 (-|-roga etc.); Nd' 214 (id. cp.
roga). anicca dukkha viparinamadhamma (of kama)
D 1.36. aniccasailfii anattasaiiiii A iv.353 ; etc. —
Opposed to this ever-fluctuating impermanence is
Nibbana (q. v.), which is therefore marked with the
attributes of constancy & stableness (cp. dhuva, sassata
amata, viparinama). — See further for ref. S 11.244 sq.
(sajayatanag a.), 248 (dhatuyo) ; in. 102 (rupa etc.);
IV. 131, 151; A 11.33, 52; V.187 sq., 343 sq. ; Sn 805,
Ps 1.191 ; 11.28 sq., 80, 106; Vbh 12 (rupa etc.), 70
(dvadasayatanani), 319 (viiinaoa), 324 (khandha), 373;
PvA 60 (=ittara).
-kalag (adv.) constantly Nd' 345 ; -dana a perpetual
gift D 1. 144 (cp. DA 1.302) ; -bhatta a continuous foodsupply
(for the bhikkhus) J 1.178; VvA 92; PvA 54;
-bhattika one who enjoys a continuous supply of food
(as charity) Vin 11.78; 111.237 ( = dhuva-bhattika)
IV. 271 ;
-safUia (& adj. sa&Ain) the consciousne.ss or idea
of permanence (adj. having etc.) A 11.52 ; 111.79, 334 ;
IV. 1 3, 145 sq. ; Nett 27 ; -sila the uninterrupted observance
of good conduct VvA 72 ; PvA 256.
Niocata (f) [abstr. to nicca] continuity, permanence,
only as a° changeableness, impermanence S i.6t, 204
111.43 ; IV.142 sq., 216, 325.
Nicoatta (nt.)=niccata Vism 509.
Niccamina [Sk. niScarman, nis-Hcamma] without skin,
excoriated, in °g karoti to flog skinless, to beat the skin
off J III. 281. niccamma-gavi " a skinless cow," used
in a well-known simile at S 11.99, referred to at Vism
341 4463.
Niccala (adj.) [Sk. niScala, nis-(-cala] motionless J iv.2 ;
PvA 95.
Niccittaka (adj.) [Sk. ni^citta, nis-l-citta (ka)] thoughtless
J 11.298.
Niooola (adj.) [nis-cola] without dress, naked PvA 32
( = nagga).
Rioohanda (adj.) [nis-t- chanda] without desire or excitement
J 1.7.
Nioohaya {Sk. ni^caya, nis-l- caya of cinati] discrimination,
conviction, certainty; resolution, determination J 1.44
("mitta a firpi friend); DhsA 133 (adhimokkha = its