Pāli Dictionary

nivārayati

niprefixvārayaroot

Part of speech

verb

Root

var1cover; dress; restrain

Synonyms

vāreti, rundhati

general

  • restrains; blocks; prevents; obstructs; keeps back (from)

  • SN 35.246

    asappurisasevito c'eso maggo, na c'eso maggo sappurisehi sevito. na tvaṃ etaṃ arahasī'ti. tato cittaṃ nivāraye cakkhuviññeyyehi rūpehi.

  • Dhp 116

    abhittharetha kalyāṇe, pāpā cittaṃ nivāraye, dandhañ'hi karoto puññaṃ, pāpasmiṃ ramatī mano.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

nivārayaiti
  1. nivāraya

    restraining; holding back; to be held in check (esp. in dunivāraya, ‘hard to restrain’)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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