Nippesika: 3 definitions
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Nippesika means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Pali-English dictionary
Nippesika, (cp. Sk. niṣpeṣa clashing against, bounce, shock, niṣ+piṣ) one who performs jugglery, a juggler D. I, 8 (=nippeso sīlaṃ etesan ti DA. I, 91); A. III, 111. (Page 361)
nippesika (နိပ္ပေသိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[nippesi+ṇika]
[နိပ္ပေသိ+ဏိက]
[Pali to Burmese]
nippesika—
(Burmese text): (၁) (က) (လာဘ်ရလို၍) - ကုန်းချော-ကြိတ်ချေ- တတ်သော၊ သူ။ (ခ) (လာဘ်ရလို၍)- ကုန်းချော-ကြိတ်ချေ-ခြင်းကို ပြုတတ်သော၊ သူ။ (ဂ) (လာဘ်ရလို၍) ကုန်းချော-ကြိတ်ချေ-ခြင်းအလေ့ရှိသော၊ သူ။ (ဃ) (လာဘ်ရလို၍) ကြိတ်ချေ-ဖိနှိပ်ထိပါး-ညှင်းဆဲ-ခြင်းအလေ့ရှိသော၊ သူ။ (၂) (အလှူလှူအောင် သူတစ်ပါးဂုဏ်ကျေးဇူးကို) မှုံ့မှုံ့ညက်ညက်ကြိတ်ချေ-ဖျက်ဆီး-ခြင်းအလေ့ရှိ-တတ်-သော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) (To obtain a bribe) - a person skilled in extortion. (b) (To obtain a bribe) - a person capable of performing extortion. (c) (To obtain a bribe) - a person accustomed to extortion. (d) (To obtain a bribe) - a person accustomed to pressing and manipulating through extortion. (2) (To dishonor the contributions and merits of another) - a person skilled in deceitful and destructive extortion.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Nippesikata, Nippesikataniddesa.
Full-text: Nippesikata.
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