Pāli Dictionary

nidāna

niprefixdārootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

dā1donner

Synonyms

vaṇṇa, mukha, ṭhāna, pada, nimitta, mūla, adhikaraṇa, ārammaṇa,

doctrine

  • cause; origine; source; raison

  • cause; origin; source; ground; reason

  • MN 18

    yaṃ papañceti tatonidānaṃ purisaṃ papañcasaññāsaṅkhā samudācaranti atīt'ānāgatapaccuppannesu cakkhuviññeyyesu rūpesu

  • introduction; préambule; histoire contextuelle; cadre narratif

  • introduction; preamble; background story; narrative setting (especially in Vinaya and Sutta contexts)

  • SN 1.13

    sāvatthinidānaṃ. ekam'antaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi.

  • SN 22.33

    sāvatthinidānaṃ. yaṃ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṃ, taṃ pajahatha

  • (adjectif) originaire de; causé par; fondé sur (généralement comme suffixe dans les composés)

  • (as adjective) originating from; caused by; founded on; based on (usually as suffix in compounds)

  • Snp 5.5

    dukkhassa ve maṃ pabhavaṃ apucchasi, taṃ te pavakkhāmi yathā pajānaṃ, upadhinidānā pabhavanti dukkhā, ye keci lokasmim'anekarūpā.

  • Snp 4.2

    icchānidānā bhavasātabaddhā, te duppamuñcā na hi aññamokkhā, pacchā pure vā'pi apekkhamānā, ime'va kāme purime'va jappaṃ.

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