fixed rule; a particular or specified way or manner; an invariable practice or experience; a determined or inevitable outcome, certainty; an assured state; what leads to an inevitable outcome, the way …

…niyāma); Snp-a.124 (niyāma); Dhs-a.154; Pv-a.166 (ayaṃ n. saṃsāren’ atthi: law, necessity)
■ aniyama indefiniteness…

…(˚dassin = sammatta-niyāmabhūtassa maggassa dassāvin Snp-a.365); Mnd.314 (˚avakkanti); Cnd.358 (= cattāro maggā); Pts.ii.236 sq….

of jānāti

of jānāti

of nikhaṇati

the having an inevitable outcome; a state of certainty, an assured or determined state; a rule.

(~antī)n. of nīyati

Fixity: see: niyama tathatā dhamma-tthiti-ñāna

…˚yogakkhemin); Kv.586 (˚niyāmatā final assurance; cp Kvu trsl. 340). 3. (˚-) exceedingly, extremely, very much AN.i.145 (˚sukhumāla,…

…Vb.341, Vb.342 by “bhabbā niyāmaṃ okkamituṃ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṃ.” 2. possible (abhabba impossible) MN.iii.215 (kammaṃ…

to grind to powder, to crush; to powder or paint w. chunam Vin.ii.107 (mukhaṃ) Ja.iv.457
ppr pass cuṇṇiyamāna being ground Ja.vi.185.

Denom. of cuṇṇa

…dhammatā (˚ka);

• -niyāmatā, certainty, or orderliness of causes and effects SN.ii.25; Points of Controversy,…

…to the Dhammaniyāma (see niyāma), fitness, propriety; a general rule higher law, cosmic law, general practice, regular…

…Mil.264; Dhp-a.i.16 (gihīniyāma); Sdhp.376, Sdhp.426; Pv-a.13 (gihīkālato paṭṭhāya from the time of our laymanship); Dhp-a.ii.49…

…Ja.i.288); 1st pl. jāniyāma (Snp.873) & (archaic jānemu (Snp.76, Snp.599; Vv.83#11)
imper jānāhi (Snp.596 Snp.1026; Pv.ii.9#12);…

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

quotation, explanation, illustration Vism.427 (˚vacana quotation); Pv-a.255 (perhaps we should read niyamana); conclusion, e.g. Paṭṭh.A 366; Vb-a.523.

Sk. nigamana

fixing, settling, definition, explanation in detail Mil.352 (lakkha-n aiming at the target); Vv-a.22 (visesattha˚); Vv-a.231, Pv-a.255 (so read for nigamana?).

Sk. niyamana, to niyameti

to tie down, to fix; explain in detail, exemplify Pv-a.265; Vism.666. pp. niyamita see *a*˚.

cp. Sk. niyamayati, ni + yamati

…Snp.70 (= ariyamaggena niyāmappatta Snp-a.124, cp. Cnd.357); Dhp.142 (= catumagga niyamena n. Dhp-a.iii.83); Ja.i.44 (bodhiyā); Pp.13,…

…Ja.iv.137, Ja.iv.138; Mil.194, Mil.378 sq.; Dāvs iv.42.

Sk. niyāmaka & niryāma(ka). Cp. also P. niyāmaka

…Ja.iv.137, Ja.iv.138; Mil.194, Mil.378 sq.; Dāvs iv.42.

Sk. niyāmaka & niryāma(ka). Cp. also P. niyāmaka

…completed in DN.i.190 (dhamma-n. paṭipadā, cp. niyamatā).

either to niyama or niyāma

Niyāmaka²

(see niyyāmaka) ship’s…

…of…); Kv.586 (accanta˚ final assurance).

abstr. to niyāma, influenced in meaning by niyama

to restrain, control, govern, guide Mil.378 (nāvaṃ).

Denom. fr. niyāma or niyama

Nīyati

to be led or guided, to go, to be moved SN.i.39 (cittena nīyati loko); Dhp.175; Pv.i.11#1 (= vahīyati Pv-a.56); Ja.i.264 (ppr. nīyamāna) Pv-a.4 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.177; Sdhp.292, Sdhp.302. Als …

…See also Pp.13 = Pp.28 (niyāma okk˚, ʻhe enters on the Path’). Caus. okkāmeti to make enter, to bring to SN.iv.312 (saggaṃ)
pp…

to produce; ˚janiyamāna (ppr. pass.) Ne.195.

saṃ + upa + janeti

to bring up to, conduce, adduce; to present, give Ja.i.200; Mil.396; DN-a.i.276; Pv-a.39, Pv-a.43 Pv-a.49, Pv-a.53, Pv-a.74
pass upanīyati (˚niyyati)

1. to be brought ( …

…udyama, ud + yam; P. uyyāma with ā for a, as niyāma → niyama; cp. BSk. udyama Jtm.210

Vatta¹

neuter

1. that which is done, which goes on or is customary, i.e. duty, service, custom, function Vin.ii.31; Snp.294, Snp.393 (gahaṭṭha˚) Vism.188 (cetiy’ angaṇa˚ etc.); Dhp-a.i.9 …

at AN.iv.170 read with C. at opuniyamāna “sifting” (fr. opunāti): see remark at AN.iv.476.

Yama¹

restraint Pv-a.98 (+ niyama).

fr. yam

Yama²

the ruler of the kingdom of the dead. See details in Dicty. of Names. In compounds often in general sense of “death” or …

adverb

1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

to bring, to bring towards, to fetch, procure, convey, bring back Snp.110; Pv-a.54, Pv-a.92.
pot 1^st pl. ānema (or imper. 2^nd pl ānetha MN.i.371.
fut ānayissati SN.i. …

the fact of standing or being founded on (-˚) SN.ii.25 = AN.i.286 (dhamma˚ + dhamma-niyāmatā).