niṣaṇṇa (8534)

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niṣaṇṇa
Entry 8534, Page 307, Col. 2
(nizaRRa, nizaRRa)
niṣaṇṇa¦, nt. (not recorded as subst.), sitting down: gamanaṃ (mss. gataṃ, unmetr.) sthitaṃ niṣaṇṇaṃ śayitaṃ lokottaraṃ munino (= Buddhasya) Mv i.167.18, supra-worldly is the going, standing, sitting, lying of a Buddha (a Lokottaravādin doctrine); note that Skt. (tho rarely) uses sthita as a noun (like gamana); perhaps this other- wise unknown use of niṣaṇṇa and śayita is influenced by that.