hindered, obstructed; suppressed; surrounded, enveloped.

adjective surrounded, hemmed in, obstructed, enveloped DN.i.246; SN.ii.24; SN.iv.127; Snp.348 (tamo˚), Snp.1032, Snp.1082; Iti.8; Cnd.365 (= ophuṭa, paṭicchanna, paṭikujjita); Mil.161; Snp-a.596 (= p …

who is kept from the brahma world.

only in Caus. nivāreti (q.v.), pp. nivuta.

ni + varati

…in comb^n. āvuta nivuta ophuṭa (oputa ovuta) DN.i.246 (T. ophuta, vv.ll. ophuṭa & opuṭa); MN.iii.131 (T. ovuṭa); Mnd.24…

…Mil.161; Snp-a.596 (= nivuta); Dhp-a.iii.199; Pv-a.172 (taca˚).

pp. of pariyonandhati, cp. onaddha & BSk. paryavanaddha “overgrown”…

…(Kern: tamondhakāra);

• -nivuta enveloped in d. Snp.348;
• -nuda (tama˚ & tamo˚), dispelling darkness,…

…covered, obstructed, hindered Iti.8 (mohena); also in phrase āvuta nivuta ophuta etc. Mnd.24 (ṭ) = Cnd.365 = DN-a.i.59.