nīvaraṇa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀦𑀻𑀯𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• नीवरण (Devanagari script)
• নীৰরণ (Bengali script)
• නීවරණ (Sinhalese script)
• နီဝရဏ or နဳဝရဏ or ၼီဝရꧣ (Burmese script)
• นีวรณ or นีวะระณะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩦᩅᩁᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ນີວຣຓ or ນີວະຣະຓະ (Lao script)
• នីវរណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄩𑅇𑄢𑄕 (Chakma script)

Noun

nīvaraṇa n or m

1. obstacle

Declension

Declension table of "nīvaraṇa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nīvaraṇaṃ	nīvaraṇāni
Accusative (second)	nīvaraṇaṃ	nīvaraṇāni
Instrumental (third)	nīvaraṇena	nīvaraṇehi or nīvaraṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	nīvaraṇassa or nīvaraṇāya or nīvaraṇatthaṃ	nīvaraṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	nīvaraṇasmā or nīvaraṇamhā or nīvaraṇā	nīvaraṇehi or nīvaraṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	nīvaraṇassa	nīvaraṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	nīvaraṇasmiṃ or nīvaraṇamhi or nīvaraṇe	nīvaraṇesu
Vocative (calling)	nīvaraṇa	nīvaraṇāni

On the odd occasions when the noun is masculine, the nominative, vocative and accusative are somewhat different:

Declension table of "nīvaraṇa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nīvaraṇo	nīvaraṇā
Accusative (second)	nīvaraṇaṃ	nīvaraṇe
Vocative (calling)	nīvaraṇa	nīvaraṇā

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “nīvaraṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead