Pāli Dictionary

niya

niprefixjanrootyasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

jan3be born; produce

general

  • one’s own; belonging to oneself

  • Kp 9

    mātā yathā niyaṃ puttaṃ, āyusā ekaputtam'anurakkhe, evam'pi sabbabhūtesu, mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ.

nīyati

approximate

nīroot-yasuffix

via inflected form nīya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

nī1lead; carry

Synonyms

nikkhamati, apeti, apakkamati, apagacchati

general

  • is led; is guided; is led about or astray (by)

  • AN 4.186

    ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, kena nu kho, bhante, loko nīyati, kena loko parikassati, kassa ca uppannassa vasaṃ gacchatī'ti?

  • AN 10.95

    yaṃ pan'etaṃ bhavaṃ gotamo abhiññāya sāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ desesi sattānaṃ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅ'gamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, sabbo vā tena loko nīyati upaḍḍho vā tibhāgo vā'ti?

  • leads (to); (of a path) goes out (to)

  • SN 46.19

    satt'ime bhikkhave bojjh'aṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā ariyā niyyānikā nīyanti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāya

  • (of a plough) is drawn; is pulled

  • DN 32

    na te bījaṃ pavapanti, na'pi nīyanti naṅgalā, akaṭṭhapāk'imaṃ sāliṃ, paribhuñjanti mānusā.

  • is carried (by)

  • Pv 11

    purato'va setena paleti hatthinā, majjhe pana assatarīrathena, pacchā ca kaññā sivikāya nīyati, obhāsayantī dasa sabbato disā.

doctrine

  • departs; leaves; exits; is emancipated (from)

  • Dhp 175

    haṃs'ādiccapathe yanti, ākāse yanti iddhiyā, nīyanti dhīrā lokamhā, jetvā māraṃ savāhiniṃ.

nīyāti

approximate

nīyaroottisuffix

via inflected form nīya · 3rd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

nī1lead; carry

general

  • is led, guided or conducted; is carried

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