drain; a gutter; a canal.

drainage, drain, canal Vin.ii.120 (udaka˚; dhovituṃ immediately preceding); Ja.i.175 Ja.i.409, Ja.i.425; Ja.iii.415; Ja.iv.28; Ja.v.21 (udaka˚); Dhp-a.ii.37.

of niddhamati or = *nirdhāvana = ˚dhova …

throwing out, ejection, expulsion Ja.v.233 (= nikkaḍḍhanā Com.).

either to niddhamati or to niddhāpeti

drain, conduit; outlet

…see niddhāpeti, niddhamana, & niddhovati

throwing out, ejection Ja.iii.22 (a˚); Ja.v.234. (= niddhamanā).

…Pts.i.125; Ja.iv.351.

• -niddhamana a water spout or drain Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.123; Dhp-a.ii.37. *…