nEmittika
naimittika , m. (= Pali ne°, both mgs. ; from nimitta plus -ika), ( 1 ) one who hints at a desire for a gift (from a lay patron): RP 58.7 °kāḥ; cf. Wogihara, Lex. 21, 24 f. , and next; ( 2 ) (commonly) sign-reader, soothsayer, fortune-teller (also nimittika, naimitta, °ttaka ; but these are much rarer than naimittika , contrary to Wogihara ʼs statement, above, that the latter is found in Buddhist sources only in the LV and Mvy passages; to disprove this statement, I cite a few of many occurrences, altho the word is also recorded in Skt. ): LV 186.15 ; Mvy 3793 ; Mv ii.32.6 ; iii.178.17 ; Divy 132.8 ; 168.17 ; 319.14 ff. ; 410.18 f. ; 474.26 ; Av i.13.11 etc. ; Gv 53.6 .