1. living, dwelling; stay, residence; where one lives, a dwelling-place, a home.
2. where one is, a state of existence.

…Usually in phrase pubbe-nivāsaṃ anussarati “to remember one’s former abode or place of existence (in a former life),” characterising…

abhiññā¹

absol.

abhiññā²

feminine (& ~a m.?)

1. higher or special knowledge; true understanding.
2. a special or supernatural power or knowledge (five (or six): iddhividhā, …

nivasati¹

pr. 3 sg. clothes; dresses oneself.

nivasati²

pr. 3 sg. passes or spends time; dwells, lives (in), inhabits.

dress, clothing; an undergarment; wearing (an (under) garment)

of nivāsati puts on (a garment), wears; dresses, clothes oneself (in an (under) garment); makes put on, clothes

Abhiññā: The 6 ‘higher powers’, or supernormal knowledge’s, consist of 5 mundane lokiya powers attainable through the utmost perfection in mental concentration samādhi and one supra-mundane * …

Pubbenivāsānussati: ‘remembrance of former births’, is one of the higher powers abhiññā, and a factor of threefold knowledge tevijja.

…AN.i.25, AN.i.164 (pubbenivāsaṃ), AN.i.207 (tathāgataṃ, dhammaṃ etc.); AN.iii.285 (id.), AN.iii.323 (nivāsaṃ), AN.iii.418; AN.v.34,…

…(eḷagalā˚) Ja.iii.52 (nivāsa˚, vasana˚); Vv-a.301 (gaccha˚ underwood); Ja.i.149, Ja.i.167; Ja.ii.19; Ja.iii.55; Ja.iv.438; Vv-a.63,…

…kiraṇa for karaṇa. The Dhtp. explained by nivāsane

nest DN.i.91 (= DN-a.i.257 nivāsaṭṭhanaṃ); SN.i.8; SN.i.224 = Ja.i.203 (a brood of birds = supaṇṇapotakā); Ja.iii.74 (variant reading…

…p. 104 & cp. kāsāya-nivāsana Ja.iii.41; kāsāviya Ja.iv.447); Pv-a.20; -vāsin dressed in yellow Snp.487. 2. Kāsāva (vattha) the…

…AN.v.149 (variant reading BB nerayika, Com. nevāsiko ti nivāsakaro).

fr. nicaya

…in a place, local Ja.i.236 sq.; Dhp-a.ii.53 sq. Cp. necayika.

fr. nivāsa, cp. BSk. naivāsika Avs.i.286, Avs.i.287

…(explained as vākacīra-nivāsanaṃ = a bark dress). Cp sannidhi.

• -kumbhī a treasure-pot, a treasure hidden in a…

to live, dwell, inhabit, stay Vin.ii.11
pp nivuttha, cp. also nivāsana² & nivāsin.

ni + vasati²

of nivasati) inhabited; dwelling, living; see *san*˚.

Nivāsana¹

adjective noun dressed, clothed; dressing, clothing, undergarment (opp. pārupana) Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.228; Ja.i.182 (manāpa˚),…

to dress oneself, to put on (the undergarment), to get clothed or dressed. Freq in ster. phrase “pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā patta- cīvaram ādāya…,” describing the setting out on his round of the bhi …

adjective staying, living, dwelling Ja.ii.435 (= nibaddha-vasanaka C.).

fr. nivāsa

adjective noun dwelling, staying; (n.) an inhabitant Dāvs v.45.

to nivasati

…expenditure Ja.ii.213 (nivāsa˚ expense for a lodging), Ja.ii.249, Ja.ii.368; Ja.iii.287 (˚ṃ karoti to invest); Ja.vi.383; Vv-a.75;…

…the track), Ja.i.194 (nivāsavetanaṃ); Ja.iii.371; Ja.iv.77; Mil.272; Vism.184, Vism.409; Snp-a.434 (paññāya p.). 3. to limit,…

…(corresp. with pubbe-nivāsa-ñāṇa); with which alternates the phrase indriya-paro-pariya-ñāṇa in same meaning (see…

…˚dadāti, ˚dāna, ˚nivāsana, ˚paṇṇa (in reply), ˚pasaṃsati, ˚piṇḍa, ˚pucchati (ask in return) ˚māreti (kill in revenge),…

dress given in return Vin.i.46 = Vin.ii.223.

paṭi + nivāsana¹

…In compound with -nivāsa see sep. An old acc. f. *pūrvīṃ (cp. Prk. puvviṃ Pischel, Gr. § 103 we find in Cpd. anupubbikathā…

…321
■ See also under nivāsa and cp. Vism ch. xiii, pp. 410 sq.

loc. of pubba², see…

to live together, to associate AN.i.78; pp. sannivuttha.

saṃ + nivasati

living together (with), associating AN.iv.303 sq.

pp. of sannivasati

…living with; community AN.i.78; AN.ii.57; DN.iii.271; Dhp.206; Ja.iv.403 loka-sannivāsa the society of men, all the world Ja.i.366…

…ganthetvā kata-nivāsanaṃ Pp-a.233).

Sk. ulūka; cp. Lat. ulucus & ulula owl, ululāre to howl, Ger. uhu; onomat. *ul, as in…

…remuneration; tip Ja.i.194 (nivāsa˚ rent) Snp.24; Vv-a.141; Dhp-a.i.25; Pv-a.112. Most frequently combined with bhatta˚; (q.v.). As…

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

…forest) Ja.i.253; Pv-a.32; nivāsana˚ (abode) Pv-a.76; phāsuka˚ Ja.ii.103 Pv-a.13; vasana˚ Ja.i.150, Ja.i.278; Vv-a.66; virūhana˚ (place…