ninna

adjective noun

  1. (adj.) bent down (cp ninnata), low-lying, deep, low, sunken Ja.ii.3 (magga) Pv-a.29 (bhūmibhāga), Pv-a.132 (ṭhāṇa); esp. freq. as-˚ bent on, inclining to, leading to, aiming at, flowing into etc. Often combined with similar expressions in chain taccarita tabbahula taggaruka tanninna tappoṇa tappabbhāra tadādhimutta (with variation nibbāna˚ viveka˚ etc. for tad˚): Nd ii.under tad; Ja.ii.15; Pts.ii.197- Vin.ii.237 = AN.iv.198 (samuddo anupubba˚ etc.) AN.iv.224 (viveka˚); AN.v.175 (id.); MN.i.493 (Nibbāna˚) Similarly: samudda˚ Gangā MN.i.493; nekkhamma Ja.i.45 (verse 258); samādhi˚ Mil.38.
  2. (acc. as adv. downward: ninnaṃ pavattati to flow downward MN.i.117; Pv.i.5#7; ninnagata running down Mil.259 (udaka); ninnaga Dāvs iv.28.
  3. (nt.) low land, low ground, plain (opp. thala elevation, plateau): usually with ref. to a raincloud flooding the low country Snp.30 (mahamegho ˚ṃ pūrayaṃto); Snp-a.42 (= pallala); Iti.66 (megho ˚ṃ pūreti); Pv.ii.9#45 (megho ˚ṃ paripūrayanto).
  • -unnata low lying & elevated Mil.349 (desabhāga).

Vedic nimna, der. fr. ni down, prob. combined with -na of nam to bend, thus meaning “bent down,” cp. unna & panna