adverb carefully, considerately, observing Snp.54; Cnd.367 Cnd.481 b (= sutvā). Esp. in phrase n- kārin acting considerately Dhp.24 (= Dhp-a.i.238); Ja.iii.106; Ja.vi.375; Mil.3; cp. n. kiriyāya Mil.59. Cp. nisanti.

orig. ger. of nisāmeti, Sk. niśamya, śam