Pāli Dictionary

niyata

niprefixyamroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

yam1control; strive; end

Synonyms

yata, patiṭṭhita, saṃvuta, niviṭṭha, adhimutta, vāsita

Antonyms

aniyata

doctrine

  • certain; fixed; decided; inevitable; of fixed destiny

  • AN 5.179

    so ākaṅkhamāno attanā'va attānaṃ byākareyya khīṇanirayo'mhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇ'āpāyaduggativinipāto sot'āpanno'ham'asmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo'ti

general

  • restrained; controlled; bound; limited

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