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niyatā

niyata

masc nom pl of niyata (pp); fem nom sg of niyata (pp); fem nom pl of niyata (pp); nt nom pl of niyata (pp); …

1. controlled; restrained
2. certain; decided; invariable; unavoidable; of fixed destiny; lit. controlled down
3. established; fixed; settled (in); lit. controlled down

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  Prefix indicating downward motion or inward direction, here meaning constraint or binding.
• yat — root · control, restrain
  Root meaning to hold, check, or regulate. Cognate with Latin iambus and English yoke from Indo-European *yeǧ- (to bind, control).
• ā — ending · feminine nominative
  Feminine singular nominative ending for past participles and adjectives in Pali.

Etymology. ni- (down, into) + yati (from √yam, to control, restrain). The prefix ni- gives the sense of pressing down or binding into place; yam means to hold, check, or control. Cognates: Sanskrit niyata, Latin iambus (from √yam), English yoke (from the same Indo-European root *yeǧ- meaning to bind or control).

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

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