nest, place, seat Dhp.148 (variant reading niḷa).

Vedic nīḍa resting-place ni + sad “sitting down”

drain; a gutter; a canal.

1. blows on; purifies (by fire)
2. (trans.) blows off, blows away; gets rid off.

of niddhamati

1. purified by fire.
2. blown off, blown away, got rid off

with impurity and delusion got rid of.

with stains got rid of, without stain.

drain, conduit; outlet

to throw away, remove Snp.281 (variant reading BB & Snp-a ava˚; expl^d. by niddhamati & nikkaḍḍhati Snp-a.311)
ger apakassa Sn.ii.198 = Mil.389. See also *[apakāsat …

adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …

lit. to wash (cp. pakkhāleti), slang for “to treat badly,” “to give a rubbing or thrashing (exact meaning problematic); only at Ja.iv.205 = Ja.iv.382: gale gahetvā khalayātha jammaṃ “take the rascal b …

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

Kāraṇḍava¹

chaff, offal, sweepings, fig. dirt, impurity: yava˚ AN.iv.169 (chaff) samaṇa˚ ibid
■ In passage kāraṇḍavaṃ niddhamatha kasambuṃ apakassatha AN.iv.172 = Snp.281 = Mil.414 trsl< …

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

adjective

1. rough, coarse, unpleasant; poor, bad (usually applied to dress or food); mediocre, meagre, wretched. Opp paṇīta (e.g. Vin.i.212; SN.ii.153; AN.iv.10; Ja.i.228; Vv-a. …

adj. nt.

1. mild, gentle, soft, suave Dhs.1340; Vb.359; Mil.229 (cittaṃ mudukaṃ m. siniddhaṃ), Mil.313 (mudu˚), Mil.361 (among the 30 best virtues, with siniddha & mudu).
2. (fr. madda) as Np. name o …

drainage, drain, canal Vin.ii.120 (udaka˚; dhovituṃ immediately preceding); Ja.i.175 Ja.i.409, Ja.i.425; Ja.iii.415; Ja.iv.28; Ja.v.21 (udaka˚); Dhp-a.ii.37.

of niddhamati or = *nirdhāvana = ˚dhova …

throwing out, ejection, expulsion Ja.v.233 (= nikkaḍḍhanā Com.).

either to niddhamati or to niddhāpeti

to blow away, blow off; to clean, cleanse, purify; to throw out, eject, remove Snp.281 = Mil.414 (kāraṇḍavaṃ) Snp.282 (˚itvā pāpicche), Snp.962 (malaṃ = pajahati (Mnd.478); Dhp.239 (id.); Mil.43
pp …

adjective without property, poor Ja.v.447.

nis + dhana

adjective blown off, removed, cleaned, purified AN.i.254 (jātarūpa “loitered,” cp. niddhota); Snp.56 (˚kasāva-moha; Com vijahati); Dhp.236 (˚mala, malānaṃ nīhaṭatāya Dhp-a.iii.336); Cnd.347 (= vanta …

not with Hardy (Index Vv-a) = Sk. nirdhāraṇa (estimation), but to be read as nittharaṇa (see nittharaṇa²).

adjective washed, cleansed, purified Dāvs v.63 (˚rūpiya; cp. niddhanta).

nis + dhota; pp. of niddhovati

to wash off, clean, purify AN.i.253 (jātarūpaṃ, immediately followed by niddhanta). pp. niddhota.

Sk. nirdhāvati, nis + dhovati, cp. niddhamati

at Ja.iv.48 should probably be read niddhāpaye (as variant reading BB), q.v.

to throw out, chase away, expel Ja.iv.41 (niddhāpayiṃsu), Ja.iv.48 (? for niddhāmase). pp. niddhāpita.

Sk. nirdhāvayati, nis + dhāveti (dhāpeti), Caus. of dhāvati¹ …

adjective thrown out Ja.iii.99 (variant reading for nibbāpita).

pp. of niddhāpeti, q.v.

throwing out, ejection Ja.iii.22 (a˚); Ja.v.234. (= niddhamanā).

Nittharaṇa¹

neuter getting across, ferrying over, traversing, overcoming SN.i.193 (oghassa); AN.ii.200 (id.); Iti.111 (id.) MN.i.134; Ja.i.48 (loka˚); Dāvs ii.29 (id.); Vism.32; Sdhp.334 ( …

nest (verse 92): see niḍḍha: cp. ˚pacchi bird cage Ja.ii.361; roga˚ Iti.37; vadharoga˚ Thag.1093.

Vedic nīḍa

one who indulges in the practice of a Wanderer, fig. one who leads a virtuous ascetic life Snp.537 (T. ˚vajjayitā). Perhaps we should read -bājayitvā for -bājayitā, cp. Snp-a.434 nikkhamet[v]ā …

emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; …

…AN.v.169, AN.v.318

• -niḍḍha the nest or seat of disease Dhp.148 (cp. Dhp-a.iii.110); As -nīḷa at Iti.37. *…

1. wet, moist Vism.171.
2. oily, greasy, fatty Ja.i.463, Ja.i.481; Snp-a.100 (˚āhāra fattening food).
3. smooth, glossy Ja.i.89; Ja.iv.350 (of leaves); Mil.133.
4. resplendent charming Thag-a.139. 5 …

(to be moist or sticky, fig.) to feel love, to be attached Vism.317 = Dhs-a.192 (in defⁿ of mettā). Caus. sineheti (sneheti, snehayati) to lubricat …

water Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.213; DN.ii.15 (˚assa dhārā gushes or showers of w.); Dhp.80 Dhp.145; Ja.i.212; Pv.i.5#7; Pp.31, Pp.32; Mil.318; Vv-a.20 (udake temanaṃ aggimhe tāpanaṃ); Dhp-a.i.289; Dhp-a. …

adjective lovely, beautiful pleasant, usually of sound (sara) DN.ii.20 (˚ssara); SN.i.180 SN.i.190; Snp.350, Snp.668; Vv.5#3, Vv.36#1, Vv.36#4 (˚rūpa), Vv.50#18 (girā) Vv.63#6, Vv.64#10 (ghoso suvaggu …