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nissāya

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Etymology edit

The meaning has expanded by metaphor from its basic meaning as the absolutive of nissayati.

Verb edit

nissāya

  1. absolutive of nissayati
    1. leaning upon[1]
    2. depending upon[1]
  2. close to, near, by[1]
  3. on account of, by reason of, through, for[1]

Usage notes edit

This absolutive frequently has the semantics of an adposition; it then often precedes the object.

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 291.
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