practiced or cultivated by superior men; not practiced or cultivated by worthless men

of nisevati

1. (mfn,) visited, frequented; practiced, studied; waited upon.
2. (n.)
   1. resorting to; practice.
   2. (a sign of) frequenting; a trace?

(a place rubbed by) the frequenting of the tathāgata, a trace of the tathāgata.

practiced; cultivated

…Pali Grammar

§ 139#2).
grd bhajitabba Cnd. s.v. kāmaguṇā B (sevitabba bh., bhāvetabba).

bhaj to divide,…

…(where grd. in sequence “sevitabba, bhajitabba, bhāvetabba, bahulī-kātabba”) Pp.15, Dhp-a.iii.171; Sdhp.48, Sdhp.495
pass ppr….

…a market-town: gāmanigamo sevitabbo or asevitabbo AN.iv.365 sq., cp. AN.v.101 (w. janapadapadeso)- Vin.iii.25, Vin.iii.184 (˚ṃ vā nigamaṃ…

…which to perform & to leave (sevitabbaṃ and a˚) AN.i.110 = AN.iii.150; as anulomika˚ AN.i.106; sabbaṃ kāya-k˚ (vacī˚ mano˚) Buddhassa…

…(= Mnd.157); Pv.ii.3#19 (= karoti Pv-a.87); Mil.359
pp nisevita.

ni + sev

adjective frequented, practised, enjoyed, indulged in MN.i.178; Sdhp.373.

pp. of nisevati

…DN.ii.280 (twofold, viz. sevitabbā and asevitabbā); DN.iii.289; MN.i.161 (twofold, viz ariyā & anariyā); AN.ii.247 (id.); SN.i.143;…

one who practises, pursues or indulges in (acc.) AN.iii.143 sq. (bhesajjaṃ).

n. ag. of paṭisevati

…etc. AN.i.266 sq. [a]sevitabba AN.iv.365; AN.v.102, AN.v.247, AN.v.281; hīna majjhima paṇīta SN.ii.154
■ Groups of characters:…

frequented, inhabited Ja.vi.539.

saṃ + sevita

…Mnd.383, Mnd.481; Ja.i.152, Ja.i.361

aor asevissaṃ Ja.iv.178
pp sevita: see *ā*˚, vi˚.

sev

…come out up to; ˚nisevita gone on to or after; ˚neti bring on to; etc 3. (Nearness): close by, close to, near, “ad-”; e.g….

to pursue, follow, go up after, cling to (acc) MN.i.306
pp upanisevita (q.v.).

upa + n˚

gone on to, furnished with, sticking or clinging to, full of Ja.v.302 (kakka˚).

pp. of upanisevati

1. to practice, frequent, pursue Mil.355.
2. to serve, honour, Snp.318 (˚amāna). pp. upasevita (q.v.).

upa + sev

visited, frequented Pv-a.147 (for sevita).

pp. of upasevati

at DN.ii.213 in phrase iddhi˚; is doubtful reading. The gloss (K) has “visevitā.” Trslⁿ (Dial. ii.246) “proficiency.” It is combined with iddhi-pahutā & iddhivikubbanatā. Bdhgh’s e …

…SN.i.123 (= viruddha-sevita K.S. i.320). Bdhgh at K.S. ii.203 reads -sedhita. Cp. visūkāyita.

vi +…

…diṭṭhi˚ with -visevita & ˚vipphandita; e.g. MN.i.234; SN.i.123 (bdhgh’s explⁿ at K.S. i.321 is “vinivijjhan’…

…to ānisaṃsa), āsevita-nisevita; ā + pa: assasatipassasati (where both terms are semantically alike; in exegesis however they have…

…AN.i.10; Snp.73 (cp. Cnd.94); Pts.ii.93 (maggaṃ)
pp āsevita.

ā + sev

frequented, indulged, practised, enjoyed Ja.i.21 (Ja.v.141; āsevita-nisevita); Ja.ii.60; Sdhp.93, Sdhp.237.

pp. of āsevati