niSrAya
niśrāya , postposition w. acc. (= Pali nissāya, partly Sktized ; a further Sktization produced niśritya , q.v. , which is commoner and has the same mgs. ; § 35.20 ): ( 1 ) relying on, based on : balacakraṃ hi niśrāya dharmacakraṃ pravartate Mv i.277.3 ; ( 2 ) near, by, at, on, in : Upatiṣyaṃ ni° Mv iii.271.7 near, with U. ; vṛkṣamūlaṃ ni° tiṣṭhe Mv iii.53.13 , at the root of a tree ; mahāpṛthivīṃ ni° (… sarvabījāni virohanti) Mvy 6368 , on the whole earth ; vanaṣaṇḍa ni° (bodhisattvāḥ) SP 12.15 ( vs ), living in … ; mātur yoniṃ ni° tiṣṭhanti Mv i.144.3 , in the motherʼs womb (and others in what follows); bodhisattvā pṛthivīpradeśaṃ niśrāya gacchanti vā tiṣṭhanti niṣīdanti Mv ii.260.9 , go to or stay or sit in … , also 261.10 ; cīvaraarṇakaṃ cen niśrāya ākramanti pade-pade, aparādhena tiṣṭhanti na te buddhasya sāntike Karmav 161.1(—2) , vs , seems to mean if they step on the fringe of the (monkʼs) robe at every step ( i.e. who violate or disgrace the monkish garb they wear), they abide in offense; they are not near to the Buddha . (Otherwise Lévi , who understands ni° as because of .)