a-niyata
, mfn. [ts.], undetermined, uncertain,doubtful; irregular, casual; dve ~ā dhammā, the two
rules (Vin III 188,17-25**, and 191,27—192,2**) re-
garding undetermined matters (i. e. matters involving
penance only according to circumstances), Vin III
187,1—194,9; I 112,18 (dve ~e uddisitvā); V 8,15 (dve
a-niyatapadaṁ); ~o rāsi, DN III 217,2 (undetermined, i. e. not
coming within the items mentioned; = avasesānaṁ
dhammānaṁ etaṁ nāmaṁ, Sv) = Nett 96,26 ≠ Pp
13,21 (avasesā puggalā ~ā) ≠ Nett 49,20; Tikap
335,15 (micchatta-niyata, sammattaniyata +); 354,25
(~aṁ cittaṁ); ~ā dhammā, Dhs (p. 7,1; As 50,25);
1030; 1414 = 1595; Dhs 584 (~aṁ aniyyānikaṁ);
Ja V 452,17* (uddhatā ~ā asaññatā, scil. pamadă;
= aniyata-cittā, CI, i. e. capricious, changeable);
V 453,25* (gacchatī ~o gaḷāgalaṁ, tumbling, tossing
about); Dhp-a I 431,10 (parihīnajjhānassa . . . ~ā
gati); Ps III 322,4 (senāsanaṁ pan'ettha ~aṁ);
Nett 99,6 (purā veneyyattaṁ [v. r. aniyataṁ, Nett-a
quoted p. XXXVIII n. 27] samatikkamati). —
Aniyata, n. (pl), title of Vin III 187—194 (cf.
°-dvaya, n., Sp (Sṝ) II 445,21); ct. thereon Sp (III)
631—635 (°-(khaṇḍa-) vaṇṇanā); — °kathā, f., title
of Vin-vn 542—50. — °-kālika, mfn., indefinite as to
time; Sadd 56,18. — °-gatika, mfn., whose path
(through the various existences) is uncertain, Dhp-a
III 173,3 (cf. (opp.) niyato sambodhi-parāyano). —
°-citta, mfn., capricious; f. pl. ~ā, Ja V 454,22' (=
'aniyatā'). — °-tta, n. abstr., As 50,25 (~ā aniyatā).
— °-yevāpanaka, m. pl, a class of yevāpanakas
(q. v.) comprising karuṇā, muditā, etc., Nāmar-s
10,8-9. — °-liṅga, mfn., of undetermined gender;
Sadd 78,23. — °-vacana, n., an indefinite (or relative)
pronoun; Pj I 228,12 (yā ti ~aṁ); see aniyamattha
below. — °-saṁkhā, f., an indefinite number; Sadd
18,18. — Aniyat'-uddesa, m., title of Vin III 187—
194 (see Aniyata above).
