නිස්සාය
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- nissāya (Latin script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- निस्साय (Devanagari script)
- নিস্সায (Bengali script)
- နိဿာယ or ၼိသ်သႃယ (Burmese script)
- นิสฺสาย or นิสสายะ (Thai script)
- ᨶᩥᩔᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
- ນິສ຺ສາຍ or ນິສສາຍະ or ນິສສາຢະ (Lao script)
- និស្សាយ (Khmer script)
- 𑄚𑄨𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)
Verb
නිස්සාය
- Sinhala script form of nissāya, absolutive of නිස්සයති (nissayati, “to rest on”)
- 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I), page 336:
- යන්නූනාහං තිණකට්ඨසාඛාපලාසං සඞ්කඩ්ඪිත්වා කුල්ලං බන්ධිත්වා තං කුල්ලං නිස්සාය හත්ථෙහි ච පාදෙහි ච වායමමානො සොත්ථිනා පාරං උත්තරෙය්යන්ති.”
- Yannūnāhaṃ tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṃ saṅkaḍḍhitvā kullaṃ bandhitvā taṃ kullaṃ nissāya hatthehi ca pādehi ca vāyamamāno sotthinā pāraṃ uttareyyanti."
- ‘Why don’t I gather grass, sticks, branches, and leaves and make a raft? Riding on the raft, and paddling with my hands and feet, I can safely reach the far shore.’
Usage notes
This absolutive has meanings beyond the literal meanings of an absolutive. Refer to the Roman script form for details.
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