anigha (712)

anigha
Entry 712, Page 24, Col. 1

(aniGa, aniGa)
anigha¦, adj. (= Pali id., also anīgha), free from evil (? see nigha, nīgha); occurs chiefly (in Pali literature, aside from commentarial etymologies, only) in the neg. form; ep. of Buddha, or at least of perfected saints. In Pali often rendered calm, unperturbed, but it seems that free from evil (whether sin, pāpa, or misery, duḥkha) will suffice in all Pali and BHS occurrences. Regularly in lists of formulaic epithets which give little clue to a more precise mg.: LV 358.5; Mv ii.397.16; iii.400.2 (same vs in Pali Sn 534 with anigha); 418.14; Ud xxix.34; Gv 284.6.