masculine · niggaha 1 · niggaha 2
(occasion for) refutation; reprimand; chastisement; punishment
Niggaha [Sanskrit nigraha, ni + gaha 2 ; see niggaṇhāti] 1. restraint, control, rebuke, censure, blame Vin II 196; A I 98, 174; V 70; Ja V 116 (opposite paggaha); VI 371 (the same); Miln 28, 45, 224. — dun° hard to control (citta) Dhp 35 (cf. explained at Dhp-a I 295). 2. (logic) refutation Kv 3.
【陽】 責難，過失，責備。
(adj, adj, in comps, from niggaṇhāti) holding back; restraining; arresting [lit.] holding down Construction: ni + √gah + a
(masc, masc, from niggaṇhāti) restraint; keeping in check; control censure, blame, reproach [lit.] holding down Construction: ni + √gah + a
(masc, masc, from niggaṇhāti) refutation; disproof refutation [lit.] holding down Construction: ni + √gah + a