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nijjhāyati

pr 3rd sg of nijjhāyati (verb)

1. meditates; reflects; considers; ponders (over); lit. thinks down
2. overthinks; frets; worries; (comm) thinks continuously; lit. thinks down

Etymology. ni + jhāya + ti; from √jhā 'think, meditate'; Sanskrit nidhyāyati [nidhyai]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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