Pāli Dictionary

nimitta

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Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

mā5उपाय

Synonyms

magga, ṭhāna, nidāna, pada, adhikaraṇa, byañjana, ārammaṇa, kāraṇa,

Antonyms

animitta

general

  • चिह्न; निशान; लक्षण; बाहरी रूप; संकेत

  • mark; sign; characteristic; outward appearance; hint; indication

  • शकुन; अपशकुन; पूर्वसूचक चिह्न

  • omen; portent; prognostication; significant appearance

meditation

  • ध्यान का विषय; मानसिक प्रतिबिंब; समाधि का चिह्न (जैसे परिकर्म, उद्ग्रह, प्रतिभाग निमित्त)

  • meditation object; mental image; reflex image; sign of concentration (e.g. preparatory, acquired, or counter-image)

  • AN 6.55

    tasmā't'iha tvaṃ, soṇa, vīriyasamathaṃ adhiṭṭhahaṃ, indriyānañ'ca samataṃ paṭivijjha, tattha ca nimittaṃ gaṇhāhī'ti. evaṃ, bhante'ti kho āyasmā soṇo bhagavato paccassosi.

doctrine

  • कारण; हेतु; आधार; प्रत्यय

  • cause; reason; ground; condition; basis (often used in instrumental as ‘on account of’)

  • MN 12

    sammāsambuddhassa te paṭijānato ime dhammā anabhisambuddhā'ti. tatra vata maṃ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṃ sahadhammena paṭicodessatī'ti nimittam'etaṃ, sāriputta, na samanupassāmi.

  • AN 3.102

    adhicittam'anuyuttena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā tīṇi nimittāni kālena kālaṃ manasi kātabbāni, kālena kālaṃ samādhinimittaṃ manasi kātabbaṃ, kālena kālaṃ paggahanimittaṃ manasi kātabbaṃ, kālena kālaṃ upekkhānimittaṃ manasi kātabbaṃ.

monastic

  • जननांग; गुह्यांग; लिंग

  • sexual organ; pudenda; genitalia; sign of sex

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