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nibbāti

Nibbāti

instrumental to cool off (lit. & fig.), to get cold to become passionless Snp.235 (nibbanti dhīrā yathâyaṃ padīpo = vijjhāyanti; yathâyaṃ padīpo nibbuto evaṃ nibbanti Kp-a.194 , Kp-a.195 ), Snp.915 (kathaṃ disvā nibbāti bhikkhu = rāgaṃ etc. nibbāpeti Mnd.344 ); Ja.iv.391 (pāyāsaṃ). See also parinibb

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instrumental to cool off (lit. & fig.), to get cold to become passionless Snp.235 (nibbanti dhīrā yathâyaṃ padīpo = vijjhāyanti; yathâyaṃ padīpo nibbuto evaṃ nibbanti Kp-a.194, Kp-a.195), Snp.915 (kathaṃ disvā nibbāti bhikkhu = rāgaṃ etc. nibbāpeti Mnd.344); Ja.iv.391 (pāyāsaṃ). See also parinibbāti (e.g. Vb.426).

see nibbuta etym.; influenced in meaning by Sk. nirvāti, nis + vāti to blow, i.e. to make cool, see vāyati & nibbāpeti

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