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निश्राय (nizrAya)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
niśrāya, postposition w. acc. (= Pali nissāya, partly Sktized
a further Sktization produced niśritya, q.v., which is commoner and has the same mgs.
〔§ 35.20〕):
(1) relying on, based on: balacakraṃ hi niśrāya dharmacakraṃ pravartate Mv 〔i.277.3〕
(2) near, by, at, on, in: Upatiṣyaṃ ni° Mv 〔iii.271.7〕 near, with U.
vṛkṣamūlaṃ ni° tiṣṭhe Mv 〔iii.53.13〕, at the root of a tree
mahāpṛthivīṃ ni° (… sarvabījāni virohanti) Mvy 〔6368〕, on the whole earth
vanaṣaṇḍa ni° (bodhisattvāḥ) SP 〔12.15〕 (vs), living in
mātur yoniṃ ni° tiṣṭhanti Mv 〔i.144.3〕, in the motherʼs womb (and others in what follows)
bodhisattvā pṛthivīpradeśaṃ niśrāya gacchanti tiṣṭhanti niṣīdanti Mv 〔ii.260.9〕, go to or stay or sit in …, also 〔261.10〕
cīvaraarṇakaṃ cen niśrāya ākramanti pade-pade, aparādhena tiṣṭhanti na te buddhasya sāntike Karmav 〔161.1(—2)〕, vs, seems to mean if they step on the fringe of the (monkʼs) robe at every step (i.e. who violate or disgrace the monkish garb they wear), they abide in offense
they are not near to the Buddha. (Otherwise Lévi, who understands ni° as because of.)