niyatana (8297)

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niyatana
Entry 8297, Page 298, Col. 1
(niyatana, niyatana)
? niyatana¦, perh. determination, fixation (an irregular formation, as if with suffix -ana, based on niyata, fixed; § 22.7; cf. Pali accanta-niyata, -niyāmatā, (possessing) final assurance, CPD): ye te gambhīrapratītyasamutpāda- vyupaparīkṣaṇavihāriṇaś ca na cātyanta-niyatana- vihāriṇaḥ Gv 472.11--12; may refer to fatalistic beliefs, in contrast with belief in the pratītya-samutpāda.

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