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

state of being settled, certainty, reliance surety, being fixed in (-˚) SN.ii.25 (dhamma˚ + dhammaṭṭhitatā); AN.i.286 (id.), Ja.i.113 (saddhammassa n assurance of…); Kv.586 (accanta˚ final assurance …

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

…dhammatā (˚ka);

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

Niyāmaka¹

adjective sure of or in, founded in, or leading to, completed in DN.i.190 (dhamma-n. paṭipadā, cp. niyamatā).

either to niyama or niyāma

Niyāmaka²

(see niyyāmaka …

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