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nivesanaṁ

Nivesana

neuter entering, entrance, settling; settlement, abode, house home DN.i.205 , DN.i.226 ; DN.ii.127 ; Ja.i.294 ; Ja.ii.160 (˚ṭṭhāna) Pv-a.22 , Pv-a.81 , Pv-a.112 . (fig.) (also nivesanā f.: Cnd.366 settling on, attachment, clinging to (in diṭṭhi˚ clinging to a view = dogmatism cp. nivissa-vādin) Snp.

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neuter

  1. entering, entrance, settling; settlement, abode, house home DN.i.205, DN.i.226; DN.ii.127; Ja.i.294; Ja.ii.160 (˚ṭṭhāna) Pv-a.22, Pv-a.81, Pv-a.112.
  2. (fig.) (also nivesanā f.: Cnd.366 settling on, attachment, clinging to (in diṭṭhi˚ clinging to a view = dogmatism cp. nivissa-vādin) Snp.1055 (nandi + ; = taṇhā Cnd.366); Dhp.40 (diṭṭhi˚); Mnd.76 Mnd.110. See also nivesa.

Vedic niveśana, fr. nivesati, cp. niviṭṭha

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