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Nimmadaya 204 Niyyatta
Nimmadaya (adj.) [Sk. nirmrdya. grd. of nimmadeti]
suppressible D 11.243.
Nimmaddana (nt.) [nis+ mrd] touching, crushing Miln 270
(na vato hattha-gahaijar) va nimmaddanai) va upeti
the wind cannot be grasped).
Nimmanussa (nt.) [nis+ raanussa+ ya] void of men,
absence of men J 111.148.
Nimmata (adj.) [nis+mala] free from impurity, stainless,
clean, pure A iv.340 ; Dh 243; N.d' 586; Vism 58;
Sdhp 250.
Nimmata-pitika (adj.) [nis-i- mata-pitika] one who has
neither mother nor father, an orphan DhA n.72.
Nimm&tar
builder,
[Sk. nirmStr, n. ag.
creator D 1.18, 56 (in
of nimminati] maker,
formula: brahma . . .
katta nimmata . . .).
Nimmadeti [either = Sk. nirmrdayati (m^) or *nirmadayati
to nirmada free from pride = nirmana] to crush, subdue,
humiliate; insult D 1.92 (v. 1. °maddeti;=DA 1.257
nimmadati nimmane karoti), 93, 96.
Nimmana' (nt.) [Sk. nirmaija, see nimminati] measuring
production, creation, work ; issara-n-hetu caused by
God M II. 122 ; A 1.173 ; Vbh 367. N.-rati deva a class
of devas, e. g. at D 1.218 : It 94 ; Vism 225 ; DA i.i 14 ;
ThA 169 ; VvA
149. Cp. (para-) nimmita.
Nimmana' (adj.) [Sk. nirmana, nis+mana] free from
pride, humble DA 1.257.
Nimmaniyati [Pass, to nimmana, of nis-l- mana] te be
abased, to be mocked Yin 11. 183.
Nimmita (adj. -pp.) [pp. of nimminati] measured out,
planned, laid out ; created (by supernatural power,
iddhi) ; measured, stately D 1.18, 56 (iddhiya pi DA
1.167), 219 (Su° devaputta. Np.), ibid. (Paranimmita-
vasavatti deva a class of devas, lit. " created by others,"
but also possessed of great power : VvA 79, 80); also one
of the 5, or the 3 spheres (kamupapattiyo) in the
kamaloka, viz. paccupatthita-kSma, nimmanarati" (or
nimmita"), paranimmita". It 94; Dhs 1280 (cp. kama)
D HI. 2 18; J 1.59, 146 (kayon' eva deva° na brahma"),
232, Nd' 202*, also under puccha ; Pn.i^* (su^.well constructed,
i. e. symmetrical) ; Vism 228 (Marena nimmitag
Buddharupar)) :
ThA 6g, 70
VvA 36 ( = mitai) gacchati varaijo), 79 ;
; Miln i, 242. See also abhinimmita.
Nimminati [cp. Sk. nirmamati & nirmati, nis-l- minati,
ma; cp. niminati] to measure out, fashion, build, construct,
form ; make by miracle, create, compose ;
produce, lay out, plan, aor. nimmini J 1.232 ; PvA 245 ;
DhA IV.67 ; ger nimminitva J 1.32 ; VvA
&.>, & nim-
maya Vv it-'. — pp. niminita See also nimmatar and
nimmana. Cp. abhi°.
Nimmlleti see nimilati.
Himm&la (adj.) [nis-t- miila] without root, rootless J
VI. 177.
Nimmoka [Sk. nirmoka fr. nis-f- moceti] the slough or castofi
skin of a snake PvA 63.
Niya (adj.) [Sk. nija, q. v.] one's own Sn 149 (''putta =
orasaputta KhA 248)
; niyassakamma at A 1.99 & Pv
I IV. '^ (v. 1. Minayefi tiyassa) is to be read as nissayakamma
(q. v.).
Niyaka (adj.) [ = niya] one's own Th 2, 469; ThA 284;
DhsA 169, 337 ; DA 1.183 ; Vbh 2 ; Vism 349.
Niyata (adj.) [pp. of ni-fyam] restrained, bound to, constrained
to, sure (as to the future), fixed (in its consequences),
certain, assured, necessary D 11.92 (sambodhi-
parayani), 155; 111.107; Sn 70 (=ariyajTiaggena niyamappattaSnA
124, cp. Nd2 357) ; Dh 142 ( = catumagga-
13, 16,
niyamena n. DhA Hi. 83) ; J 1.44 (bodhiya) ; Pug
63 ; Kvu 609 sq. ; Dhs 1028 sq. (micchatta" etc. ; cp.
Dhs. trsl. 266, 267), 1414, 1595: Vbh 17, 24, 63, 319,
324 ; Miln 193 ; Tikp 168 (°micchaditthi) ; DhA 111.170 ;
PvA 211. Discussed in Pis. of Contr. (see Index).
aniyata see separately.
Niyati (f.) [cp. Sk. niyati, ni-f yam] necessity, fate, destiny
D 1.53 ; DA 1.161 ; VvA 341 ; PvA 254.
Niyama [cp. Sk. niyama, ni-i-yam; often confused with
hiyama] i. restraint, constraint, training, self-control
Miln 116 (yama-l-); PvA 98 (yama-|-). — 2. definite-
ness, certainty, limitation DhA 111.83 (catumagga", v. 1.
niyama); SnA 124 (niyama); DhsA 154; PvA 166
(ayai) n. sarjsaren' atthi : law, necessity). — aniyama indefiniteness,
choice, generality DhsA 57; VvA 16 (yag
kinci = aniyame, i. e. in a general sense), 17 (same of ye
keci) ; PvA 175 (va saddo aniyamattho= indefinite).
— niyamena (instr.) adv. by necessity, necessarily PvA
287 ;
niyamato
(abl ) id. DhsA 145, 304 (so read). —
in Commentarial literature
3. natural law, cosmic order ;
this was fivefold ; utu-, bija-, kamma-, citta-, dhamma-
DA on D li.i I ; Dial. 11. 8 ; DhsA 272 ; trs. 360.
Niyamana (nt.) [Sk. niyamana, to niyameti] fixing, settling,
definition, explanation in detail Miln 352 (lakkha-n°
aiming at the target) ; VvA 22 (visesattha°) ; 231, PvA
255 (so read for nigamana ?).
Niyameti [cp. Sk. niyamayati, ni-(- yaraati] to tie down, to
fix ; explain in detail, exempUfy PvA 265 ; Vism 666. —
pp. niyamita see a°.
Niyateti see niyyadeti.
Niyama [Sk. niyama & niyama] way, way to an end or
aim, esp. to salvation, right way (sammatta°) ; method,
manner, practice S 1.196 ; ill. 225 (sjunmatta") ; A 1.122 ;
Sn 371 (°dassin = sammatta-uiyamabhutassa maggassa
dassavin SnA 365); Nd' 314 (°avakkanti) ; Nd^ 358
(=cattaro magga) ; Ps 11.236 sq. (sammatta" okkamati)
; Pug 13, 15; Vbh 342. — niyamena (instr.) adv.
in this way, by way of, according to J 1.278; iv.139,
414 (suta° as he had heard); DhA 1.79 ; 11.9, 21 ; VvA
4 ; PvA 260 ; Kvu trs. 383. — aniyamena (see also
aniyaniena) without order, aimlessly, at random J v.337.
Niyamaka' (adj.) [either to niyama or niyama] sure of or
in, founded in, or leading to, completed in D 1.190
(dharama-n. paiipada, cp. niyamata).
Niyamaka' (see niyyamaka) ship's captain Vism 137
(simile).
Niyamata (f.) [abstr. to niyama, influenced in meaning by
niyama] state of being settled, certainty, reliance,
surety, being fixed in (-°) S 11.25 (dhamma" + dhammatfhitata)
; A 1.286 (id.), J 1.113 (saddhammassa n
; Kvu 586 (accauta" final assurance).
assurance of . . .)
Niyameti [Denom." fr. niyama or niyama] to restrain,
control, govern, guide Miln 378 (navai)).
Niyujjati [Pass, of niyunjati] to be fit for, to be adapted
to, to succeed, result ensue PvA 49 ( = upakappati).
Niyntta(ka) (adj.) [pp. of niyunjati] tied to, appointed to
(with loc). commissioned, ordered DhsA 47; PvA 20
(janapade). 124 (dan^dhikare), 127 (dane).
Niyoga [ni+yoga] command, order; necessity, abl.
niyoga " strictly .speaking " Dhs 1417.
Niyojeti [Caus. of niyuiijati] to urge, incite to (with loc.)
11. i*; Miln 229.
Vin 11.303 ; A rv.32 ; Pv
N!yyati= Niyati (Pass, of nayati).
Niyyatta (nt.) [cp. Sk. niryapa] escape J 1.215.