Pāli Dictionary

nivāpa

niprefixvaprootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vap1sow; shave

general

  • fodder; bait; food thrown for feeding animals; seed; grain

  • MN 25

    na, bhikkhave, nevāpiko nivāpaṃ nivapati migajātānaṃ, imaṃ me nivāpaṃ nivuttaṃ migajātā paribhuñjantā dīgh'āyukā vaṇṇavanto ciraṃ dīgham'addhānaṃ yāpentū'ti.

  • SN 42.10

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

doctrine

  • an offering to a dead relative; food offered in a shraddha ceremony

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