nimna (8292)

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nimna
Entry 8292, Page 298, Col. 1
(nimna, nimna)
nimna¦, adj. (= Pali ninna; cf. abhi-nimna; in this sense once in Skt., pw 7 App.), inclined to, bent upon, headed for; often parallel with pravaṇa and prāgbhāra, as final in cpds.: LV 180.16 viveka-ni°, -pravaṇa, -prāg- bhāra; Mv iii.62.13 nirvāṇa-ni°, pra°, prāg°; iii.61.8, same without °nimna; Mvy 808 (read sarvajñatā-ni°); 5163 (separate word, but associated with the other two); Divy 50.12 buddha-ni° dharma-pravaṇā samgha-prāg- bhārā; same 80.4; Av i.65.3--4 etc. (cliché); apāya-ni°, prav°, -prāg° headed for…, Divy 95.28; Av i.16.17; dharma-nimnatā °pravaṇatā °prāgbhāratā Śikṣ 191.8.