nivāta (8495)

nivāta
Entry 8495, Page 306, Col. 1

(nivAta, nivAta)
nivāta¦, adj. (= Pali nivāta, given in Dictt. only as noun, but clearly adj. in MN i.125.6 nivātā Vedehikā gahapatānī, gentle, parallel with soratā and upasantā), gentle, mild: as ep. of princes, parallel with maheśākhya, sukhasaṃsparśa, qq.v., Mv i.350.6; ii.64.15; with akarkaśa, sukhasaṃvāsa, in similar description, Mv ii.423.19; in Mv i.171.4 (vs) Senart em. -nivātā (mss. nivā- nāṃ or nirvāṇāṃ) in pralalita-(so mss.)-kalahaṃsa-barhiṇa- nivātā, of the Buddha's voice, gentle as the sweet (voice) of kalahaṃsa or peacock (?). I have some doubt of the em., partly because nivāta seems not otherwise used of the voice, partly because I doubt whether the peacock's voice would be referred to in this complimentary way.