neuter
cutting; weeding
Niddāna (neuter) [Sanskrit nirdāna, nis + dāna of dayati 2 , Sanskrit dāti, cf. dātta] cutting off, mowing, destroying Snp 78 (= chedana lunana uppāṭana Pj II 148) = S I 172; K.S. I 319, cf. niḍḍāyati.
(nt, nt, act, from niddāyati) reaping; weeding [lit.] cutting down Construction: ni + √dā + ana