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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

nindiya : (adj.) blameworthy; faulty.

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

Nindiya, (adj.) (Sk. nindya, orig. grd. of nindati) blameable, faulty, blameworthy Sn. 658 (=nindanīya SnA 477); Nett 132. pi nindiyā at PvA. 23 is to be read as pīṇitindriyā. (Page 359)

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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

Nindiya (निन्दिय).—adj. (= Pali id., Sanskrit nindya), blameworthy: [Page297-a+ 71] (with antonym praśaṃsiya) Udānavarga viii.3 (same verse in Pali, Sn 658 etc.)

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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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Ends with: Abhinimdiya, Anindiya.

Full-text: Prashamsiya, Nindati.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Story of Kokālika’s mendacious accusations < [Section I.4 - Abstention from falsehood]

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