1. support, what one depends or relies on; refuge, shelter; dependence; reliance.
2. support, resource; requisite.
3. (a relation of) dependence and guidance and supervision (under an upajjhāya or ācariya)

1. 1. depending on, relying on; using as one’s support.
   2. because of; for the sake of.

2. in (formal) dependence, with support; having as mentor (+ gen. or acc.)

3. leaning against; beside; near.

…Ne.65; Vism.12, Vism.535. nissayaṃ karoti to rely on, to be founded on to take one’s stand in Snp.800
■ Cp. nissāya & nissita.

*…

…(maṃ); Pv-a.17 (kiṃ), Pv-a.67 (namaṃ), Pv-a.130 (taṃ)
■ Cp. nissaya, nissita.

ger. of nissayati, Sk. *niśrāya, BSk…

…who was found guilty of various Vinaya offences, and was therefore subjected to the Nissayakamma. Udāyī (Lāludāyi) was his friend and his…

…occurrence, they took the nissaya from Uttara and became his pupils. Vin.ii.302–303

Uttara⁵

A brahmin youth, pupil of…

requiring (formally acquired) supervision, requiring a mentor.

(from nissayati) depending on, relying on; dependence.

, ~ā, feminine having a support; having supporters or mentors.

leans on; relies on, depends on; resorts to.

of nissayati resorting to, inhabiting; dependent (on); leaning on; attached to, supported by; close to, connected to; resorted to

going near to; depending on; near (+acc. or gen.).

Foundation: nissaya one of the 24 conditions paccaya,. Wrong f. of morality, see: nissaya f. of sympathy: sangaha-vatthu **f….

Hadaya-vatthu: ‘heart as physical base’ of mental life. The heart, according to the commentaries as well as to the general Buddhist tradition, forms the physical base vatthu of consciousness In …

Inducement: an alternative rendering for decisive-support condition, upanissaya is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

…way of proximity anantarūpanissaya c natural decisive support pakatupanissaya These conditions act as strong inducement or cogent…

Pakati-upanissaya: ‘direct inducement’; see: paccaya

…inducement’ pakati - upanissaya - paccaya It also may become an indirect inducement, by way of object ārammanūpanissaya - paccaya of…

Tanhā-nissita-sīla: ‘morality based on craving’ see: nissaya.

Ārammanupanissaya: Decisive Support Conditional Relation. see: paccaya

1. leaning against Ja.ii.69 (tālamūlaṃ = nissāya ṭhita C.).
2. depending on, trusting in (c. acc. or loc.) Vv.10#1 (parâgāraṃ = nissita Vv-a.101); Ja.iv.25 (balamhi = balanissita). See also avassita. …

…Snp.1065 (cp. Cnd.111 & nissaya).

a + sita pp. of *śri, Sk. aśrita

Asita³

adjective black-blue, black MN.ii.180…

…a glance Vv-a.279; -nissaya the foundation of speculation MN.i.137; DN.ii.137 sq.; -pakkha the side…

…Vin.i.144; Vin.ii.279;

• -nissaya in ˚ṃ gaṇhāti to take up dependency on a teacher, i.e. to consider oneself a pupil…

…are distinguished, viz. upanissaya˚ ārakkha˚, upanibandha˚. So also in contrast w. agocara, an unfit pasture, or an unfit, i.e. bad sphere…

…medieval psychology see Aung, in Compendium 66–68. Compare the use of upanissaya at Ja.i.235-˚ñāṇa, Pp-a.184; Vism.673. Ā˚ Vism.683.

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

the leg, usually the lower leg (from knee to ankle) DN.ii.17≈(SN.i.16 = Snp.165 (eṇi˚); Snp.610; Ja.ii.240; Ja.v.42; Ja.vi.34; Thag-a.212). In compounds jangha (except in janghā-vihāra).

• *-[umma …

to live be alive, live by, subsist on (c. instr. or nissāya). Imper pres. jīva Snp.427, very freq. with ciraṃ live long… as a salutation & thanksgiving. ciraṁ jīva Ja.vi.337 c. jīvāhi Snp.1029 Pv.ii.3 …

…tassapāpiyyasikā˚ nissaya˚, patiññākaraṇīya˚ paṭipucchākaraṇīya˚ paṭisāraṇiya˚ pabbājaniya˚ sammukhākaraṇīya˚…

the end—

1. of space: the extreme part, top, summit, point (cp. anta to which it is opposed at Ja.vi.371): dhanu-koṭiṃ nissāya “through the (curved) end of my bow,” i.e. by means …

wall built of wattle and daub, in -nagaraka “a little wattle and daub town” DN.ii.146, DN.ii.169 (cp. Rh.D. on this in Buddh Suttas p. 99). Three such kinds of simply-built walls are mentioned a …

,

1. 1. a deed, action, performance, esp. an act imposed or inflicted upon somebody by a higher authority (by the king as representative of justice or by kamma MN.iii.181; see *kamma …

to lean on, a foundation on, rely on, trust, pursue Snp.798 (sīlabbataṃ; Snp-a.530 = abhinivisati); Vv-a.83 (katapuññaṃ). Pass. nissīyati Vv-a.83. pp. nissita ger. *[nissāya] …

dependence, requirement, resource Snp.856; Mnd.245.

abstr. to nissaya

…Mil.320, Mil.351
■ Cp apassita.

Sk. niśrita, pp. of nissayati, corresp. in meaning to Sk. āśrita

…(variant reading Minayeff tiyassa) is to be read as nissayakamma (q.v.).

Sk. nija, q.v.

…pakatika pākatika.

-upanissaya sufficing condition in nature: see Cpd. 194 n. 3
■ gamana…

…viz. tajjaniya˚ nissaya˚, pabbājaniya˚, p.˚, ukkhepaniya˚), Vin.i.143 (id.) Vin.i.326; Vin.ii.15–⁠Vin.ii.20, Vin.ii.295;…

…Vin.i.58 (as one of the 4 nissayas: piṇḍiy’ ālopa-bhojana, paṃsukūla-cīvara, r - m. s., pūti-mutta bhesajja), Vin.i.96 (id.)…

…buddh’ûpanissaya˚
■ Cp. the following: atta˚; SN.v.30 sq.; ākappa˚; AN.i.38; ājīva˚ AN.i.271; DN-a.i.235;…

dependency, connection Ne.80.

saṃ + nissayatā

…only in pp. sita, and in prep. cpd. nissayati.

1. a pillar, a post Vin.i.276; DN.i.50 (majjhimaṃ ˚ṃ nissāya), DN.ii.85 (id.); Snp.214; Vv.78#2 (veḷuriya˚, of the pillars of a Vimāna); Pv.iii.3#1 (id.); Dhp-a.iv.203; Vv-a.188 (+ tulā-gopānasī); …

…take up; ˚nata bent on; ˚nissaya foundation; ˚nissita depending on etc 2. (Aim): (out up to (the speaker or hearer); cp. the meanings developed…

to live on (w. acc.), to depend on, to live by somebody, to be supported by (acc.) DN.i.228; SN.i.217; Snp.612 sq.; Thag.943; Ja.iii.309, Ja.iii.338 Ja.iv.271 (= anujīvati); Pv.ii.9#50 (Ankuraṃ u. ti …

basis, reliance, support, foundation, assurance, certainty; esp. sufficing condition or qualification for Arahantship (see long article in Childers s. v.); no 9 in the 24 paccayas, Tikapatthāṇa, Tikap …

to depend or rely on (acc.) Mil.240 (attānaṃ)
ger -nissāya (q.v.)
pp ˚nissita (q.v.).

upa + ni˚

…in same meaning, e.g. at Divy.54 Divy.207, Divy.505.

ger. of upanissayati, cp. nissayati in same use & meaning

…AN.v.313 sq.; Snp.322 (= upanissaya Snp-a.331); Snp.p.140 (= kāraṇa, payojana Snp-a.503) Dhp.75 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.102 aññā nibbānagāminī…

to move, go on, proceed to happen, take place, to be; to be in existence; to fare to do Snp.p.13 (parivesanā vattati distribution of food was in progress); Snp.654 (kammanā vattati loko keeps up, goes …

adverb With reference to (c. acc.), owing to, relating to; by means of, thanks to In meaning nearly synonymous with ārabbha, sandhāya & paṭicca (see K. S. 318 s. v.) DN.i.229; Iti.71; Ja.i.50 Ja.vi.42 …

…Snp.1069 (= ālambana, nissaya, upanissaya Cnd.132); Pv.i.4#1 (yaṃ kiñc’ ārammaṇaṃ katvā) ārammaṇaṃ labhati (+ otāraṃ…