present 3 singular · niggaṇhāti 1 · niggaṇhāti 2
rebuke
holds down, holds fast; holds back, restrains; humiliates; refutes; reproves, reprimands
Niggaṇhāti [Sanskrit nigr̥hṇāti, ni + gaṇhāti] 1. to hold back, restrain Dhp 326; Ja IV 97; Miln 184; Vism 133. — Opposite paggaṇhāti. 2. to rebuke, censure (with instrumental) A III 187; Ja III 222; Miln 9 (musāvādena); Dhp-a I 29. gerund niggayha, past participle niggahīta (q.v.). Cf. abhi°.
(ni + gah + ṇhā) 斥責,指責,制止。【過】 ~ṇhi。【過分】 niggahita。【現分】 ~ṇhanta。【無】 niggayha, ~ṇhitvā。
(pr, pr) catches; holds down; pins down; restrains restrains Construction: ni + gaṇhā + ti
(pr, pr) refutes; disproves [lit.] holds down Construction: ni + gaṇhā + ti
(pr, pr) rebukes; scolds; censures rebukes, censures [lit.] holds down Construction: ni + gaṇhā + ti