1. to destroy, spoil, ruin; to kill Ja.i.59; Ja.ii.105, Ja.ii.150; Ja.iii.279, Ja.iii.418.
2. to atone for a fault (with abl.) Vin.i.85, Vin.i.86, Vin.i.173 etc. Cp. vi˚.

Sk. nāśayati, Caus. of nassati, q.v.

…Ja.vi.211 (= atigālayati vināseti C. p. 215). Perhaps reading should be atigāḷheti (see atigāḷhita.

ati +…

…ḍahati to burn; as dahate Pv.ii.9#8 (= dahati vināseti Pv-a.116).

…AN.iv.97; Dhp-a.ii.73 (= vināseti) Dhp.72; hanāti Ja.v.461; hanati Ja.i.432; 1^st pl. hanāma Ja.i.200;…

…“destroy” at Thag-a.269 in explⁿ of nijjareti (+ vināseti).

Verbal formation from jīra¹

…“destroy” at Thag-a.269 in explⁿ of nijjareti (+ vināseti).

Verbal formation from jīra¹

…Pv-a.5; nassati or nāseti Ja.iv.69; Vv-a.149; upacchindati Pv-a.31, Pv-a.82; -santaka belonging to one’s…

to crush, destroy; only in Commentator’s fanciful etymological analysis of veramaṇī at Dhs-a.218 (veraṃ manāti (sic.) vināsetī ti v. and Kp-a.24 (veraṃ maṇātī ti v., veraṃ paja …

…Ja.ii.112
caus nāseti (q.v.) See also pa˚.

Ved. naś; naśyati & naśati, cp. Gr.; νέκυς, νεκρός…

adjective one who is ejected Vin.iv.140 (of a bhikkhu).

see nāsa & nāseti

Padosa¹

defect, fault, blemish, badness, corruption, sin DN.i.71 (= padussati paraṃ vā padūseti vināsetī ti padoso DN-a.i.211); MN.iii.3; SN.iv.322 (vyāpāda˚); AN.i.8 (ceto˚); AN.iii.92 ( …

…chindati = purisabhāvaṃ nāseti to castrate); Ja.vi.237 (uddhita-pphalo, adj., = uddhaṭa-bījo C.), Ja.vi.238 (dantehi phalāni…

to grind, crush, destroy; Pass. pisīyati to perish Vv-a.335 (+ vināseti)
pp pisita.

= piṃsati

…throw down Dhp-a.i.75 (+ vināseti; variant reading pāteti).

Caus. of sad: see sīdati

Sādeti²

to enjoy:…

…live; to preserve (opp. nāseti at SN.iv.248) Vin.iii.140; SN.iv.248; Mil.211; Pv-a.160 (inf. vāsetuṃ); see also…

…therā)- vaṃsaṃ nāseti to break family tradition Ja.v.383 vaṃsaṃ ucchindati id. Ja.v.383; or…

…Vism.427
pp vinaṭṭha Caus. vināseti.

vi + nassati

1. to cause destruction, to destroy, ruin, spoil Thag.1027; Snp.106; Pv.ii.7#8 DN-a.i.211; Pv-a.3 (dhanaṃ), Pv-a.116; Sdhp.59, Sdhp.314, Sdhp.546.
2. to drive out of the country, to expel, banish J …