nizadyA
niṣadyā ( Skt. Lex. id. , Pali nisajjā), rarely °ya (with nt. forms, see below), ( 1 ) act of sitting : (mātṛgrāmeṇa sārdhaṃ …) rahasi praticchanne āsane ( seat ) niṣadyāṃ kalpayet ( should perform the act of sitting ) Prāt 488.10 ; (same) rahasi niṣadyā (with a woman) Mvy 8449 ; as an īryāpatha , q.v. (4), Bbh 193.17 ; antaśo niṣadyā-cittam (so read with ms. ) api Śikṣ 17.18 , even so much as a thought of sitting down : sthānena caṅkrameṇa niṣadyayā RP 45.18 ; (?)-niṣadya-sthānān Dbh.g. 22(358).9 , prob. places for [Page308-a] sitting (short a may be m.c. ); cf. also °dyā Mvy 8465 , n. act. ; as a formal religious practice (yoga), MSV iv.72.16 ff. ; ( 2 ) concretely, a seat ; fem. °yā forms Mv i.318.12 ; ii.398.20 ; 403.1 (? mss. °dya); Divy 259.10 (read °yāyāṃ with mss. ); Śikṣ 28.14 ; 215.7 ; Dbh 87.12 ; Gv 518.7 ; caṅkramā ( iii.420.15 °māṇi) niṣadyāni śayyāni Mv ii.163.18 and iii.420.15 (prose; note the nt. ending śayyāni, stem normally śayyā); acc. to text, niṣadya-saṃpadaṃ ca śayyāsaṃpadaṃ ca Mv ii.262.6 (prose), here °dya- with short a, but śayyā. See also Sīhaniṣadya (for °yā ?), naiṣadyika .