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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

abhinivisati : (abhi + ni + vis + a) clings to; adheres.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Abhinivisati, (abhi + nivisati) to cling to, adhere to, be attached to Nd¹ 308, 309 (parāmasati +). — pp. abhiniviṭṭha; cp. also abhinivesa. (Page 66)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abhiniviśati (अभिनिविशति) or Abhiniviśate.—(Sanskrit id., Pali °visati), adheres to, is attached to: yasyāṃ dārikāyāṃ kumārasya cakṣur abhiniveṣyati (for °kṣyati; perhaps thru °khyati, § 2.26) Lalitavistara 141.11, on whatever girl the prince's eye becomes fixed (Tibetan mṅon par chags par gyur pa de); especially of adherence to disapproved objects (in Sanskrit similarly used but not so prevailingly); more specifically with object dṛṣṭi (= Pali diṭṭhi, similarly with abhinivisati), heretical view, or the like, e.g. Bodhisattvabhūmi 228.1 dṛṣṭigatāny an-abhiniviśya; Jātakamālā 146.7 yathābhiniviṣṭāni dṛṣṭigatāni; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.113.20. Hence, apparently, cleaves to (belief in), holds fast to, takes for real or true (things which are false or fanciful): Śikṣāsamuccaya 254.4 yo 'sau svapnāntare śatrum abhiniviśet, who should insist upon (Bendall and Rouse 234 believe in) his enemy (seen) in a dream; similarly 254.8 rūpāṇi dṛṣṭvā daurmana- syasthānīyāny (misprinted °syāsthān°) abhiniviśate; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 14.3. Cf. an-abhiniviṣṭi, abhiniveśa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Full-text: Abhiniveshyati, Abhinivittha, Abhinivisi, Nissayati, Abhinivishate, Anabhinivishti, Abhinivesa.

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