adjective lost; degraded, low, vile, base; inferior, little, insignificant SN.i.12; Snp.890; Mnd.105, Mnd.194; Pv-a.198 (jāti˚ low-born) Sdhp.86. Opp. to seyya Ja.vi.356 sq.

• -attha one who has lost his fortune, poor Pv.iv.1#5
• -kamma of low action Snp.661 = Iti.43; Dhp.306; Ja.ii.417
• -citta low-minded Pv-a.107 (= dīna);
• -jātika of inferior birth or caste Pv-a.175;
• -pañña of inferior wisdom Snp.890 (= paritta-pañña Mnd.299);
• -sevin of vile pursuit AN.i.126.

Sk. nihīna, pp. of nihīyati or nihāyati