1. the putting down, setting down, laying down; a deposit, pledge.
2. the trace, prints, of the setting down.

putting down, laying down; casting off, discarding, elimination, giving up, renunciation; abstract or summary treatment. Dhs-a.6 344 ‣See under mātikā;
■in grammar pada˚ the setti …

putting down, setting down; putting into; a place for putting down or into.

putting down (near); placing beside (for comparison).

…a burden Vin.iii.47.

• -nikkhepana the laying down or taking off of a burden SN.iii.25.
• -mocana…

…Iti.40, Iti.50, Iti.53. -nikkhepana laying down the body Vism.236.

Sk. deha to *dheigh to form, knead, heap up (cp. kāya = heap), see…

…˚ṁ) Snp-a.150

• -nikkhepa the putting down of the yoke, the giving up of one’s office Ja.iii.243 Vism.413
• -bhatta a meal where a…

…dukkhaṃ loke bhāra-nikkhepanaṃ sukhaṃ (pain is the great weight) SN.iii.26; kāmānaṃ adhivacanaṃ AN.iii.310; AN.iv.289; cp….

…pi apacayo pi ādānam pi nikkhepanam pi SN.ii.94
■ This body is eaten by crows and vultures after its death: SN.v.370. Represented as…

…itself is sometimes called nikkhepa, e.g. the 4^th part of the Atthasālinī (Dhs-a.343–Dhs-a.409) is called…

Err:501

…(bhārassa, of a load, cp. nikkhepa); Vv-a.131 (so read for niddharaṇa, in kuṭumba-bhārassa nsamatthā = able to carry the burden of a…

elimination Vb-a.355.

saṃ + nikkhepana

…Dhp.268; Mil.356 (t. nikkhepanāya). 3. fig. measure (“weighing,” cp. tulanā) standard, rate SN.ii.236 (+ pamāṇa).

*…

…appl^d. to the course of memory, association of ideas Mil.78, Mil.80; cp. ˚nikkhepana SN.ii.276 2. deposit, pledge Ja.vi.192,…

…(= vapanakāla, bīja-nikkhepa-kāla Snp-a.137).

• -maṅgala ploughing festival Ja.i.57; Dhp-a.ii.113;…