Pāli Dictionary

niggaṇhāti

niprefixgaṇhāroottisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

gah6grasp

Synonyms

āropeti

general

  • catches; holds down; pins down; restrains

  • SN 35.246

    nāsāyaṃ suggahitaṃ gahetvā uparighaṭāyaṃ suniggahitaṃ niggaṇheyya. uparighaṭāyaṃ suniggahitaṃ niggahetvā daṇḍena sutāḷitaṃ tāḷeyya. daṇḍena sutāḷitaṃ tāḷetvā osajjeyya.

  • MN 22

    so passeyya mahantaṃ alagaddaṃ. tam'enaṃ ajapadena daṇḍena suniggahitaṃ niggaṇheyya. ajapadena daṇḍena suniggahitaṃ niggahitvā, gīvāya suggahitaṃ gaṇheyya.

doctrine

  • refutes; disproves

  • MN 77

    puna caparaṃ, udāyi, mamaṃ sāvakā adhipaññāya sambhāventi, paññavā samaṇo gotamo paramena paññākkhandhena samannāgato, taṃ vata anāgataṃ vādapathaṃ na dakkhati, uppannaṃ vā parappavādaṃ na sahadhammena suniggahitaṃ niggaṇhissatī'ti, n'etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.

ethics

  • rebukes; scolds; censures

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

niggaṇhaiti
  1. niggaṇhaniggaṇhāti

    catches; holds down; pins down; restrains

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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