neuter · nivesana 1 · nivesana 2
abode
settlement; a dwelling-place, a house, a home; settling (on or in), attachment (to); where one settles
Nivesana (neuter) [Vedic niveśana, from nivesati, cf. niviṭṭha] 1. entering, entrance, settling; settlement, abode, house, home D I 205, 226; II 127; Ja I 294; II 160 (°ṭṭhāna); Pv-a 22, 81, 112. 2. (figurative) (also nivesanā feminine: Nidd II §366) settling on, attachment, clinging to (in diṭṭhi° clinging to a view = dogmatism cf. nivissa-vādin) Snp 1055 (nandi +; = taṇhā Nidd II §366); Dhp 40 (diṭṭhi°); Nidd I 76, 110. See also nivesa.
(nt, nt, from niveseti) house; home settlement, abode, house [lit.] entering down Construction: ni + √vis > ves + *ana
(nt, nt, act, from niveseti) (of views and ideas) attaching; adhering; fixing [lit.] entering down Construction: ni + √vis > ves + *ana