1. entering, entrance, settling; settlement, abode, house home DN.i.205, DN.i.226; DN.ii.127; Ja.i.294; Ja.ii.160 (˚ṭṭhāna) Pv-a.22, Pv-a.81, Pv-a.112.
2. (fig.) (also nivesanā f.: Cnd.366 settling on, attachment, clinging to (in diṭṭhi˚ clinging to a view = dogmatism cp. nivissa-vādin) Snp.1055 (nandi + ; = taṇhā Cnd.366); Dhp.40 (diṭṭhi˚); Mnd.76 Mnd.110. See also nivesa.

Vedic niveśana, fr. nivesati, cp. niviṭṭha