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नियतन (niyatana)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
? 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 gambhīrapratītyasamutpādavyupaparīkṣaṇavihāriṇaś ca na cātyanta-niyatanavihāriṇaḥ Gv 〔472.11—12〕
may refer to fatalistic beliefs, in contrast with belief in the pratītya-samutpāda.