What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary
neuter
- going out, departure DN.i.9 (= niggamana DN-a.i.94).
- way out, release deliverance Snp.170, Snp.172 (“magga-saccaṃ bhāvento lokamhā niyyāti” Snp-a.212); Pts.i.163, Pts.i.176; Ne.119 Cp. niyyānika
■ aniyyāna Dhp-a.ii.209.
nis + yāna, cp. niyyāti
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