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					Nandi,1 & (freq.) Nandī (f.) [Sk.nandi,but cp.BSk.nandī Divy 37] 1.joy,enjoyment,pleasure,delight in (c.Loc.) S.I,16,39,54; II,101 sq.(āhāre); III,14 (=upādāna); IV,36 sq.; A.II,10 (kāma°,bhava°,diṭṭhi°),III,246; IV,423 sq.(dhamma°); Sn.1055 (+nivesana); Nd2 330 (=taṇhā); Pug.57; Dhs.1059≈(in def.of taṇhā); Vbh.145,356,361; DhsA.363; ThA.65,167.-- For nandī at Miln.289 read tandī.-- 2.a musical instrument:joy-drum [Sk.nandī] Vin.III,108 (=vijayabheri).Cp.ā°.
  --(y)āvatta “turning auspiciously” (i.e.turning to the right:see dakkhiṇāvatta),auspicious,good Nett 2,4,7,113 (always attr.of naya); --ûpasecana (rāgasalla) sprinkled over with joy,having joy as its sauce Nett 116,117; cp.maṁsûpasecana (odana) J.III,144=VI,24; --kkhaya the destruction of (finding) delight S.III,51; --(ṁ)jaha giving up or abandoning joy Sn.1101 (+okañjaha & kappañjaha); Nd2 331; --bhava existence of joy,being full of joy,in °parikkhīṇa one in whom joy is extinct (i.e.an Arahant),expld however by Com.as one who has rid himself of the craving for rebirth (tīsu bhavesu parikkhīnataṇha DhA.IV,192=SnA 469) S.I,2,53; Sn.175,637=Dh.413; --mukhī (adj.-f.) “joyfaced,” showing a merry face,Ep.of the night (esp.the eve of the uposatha) Vin.I,288 (ratti); II,236 (id.); --rāga pleasure & lust,passionate delight S.II,227; III,51; IV,142,174,180; M.I,145; Dhs.1059≈,1136; esp.as attr.of taṇhā in phrase n-r-sahagata-taṇhā (cp.M Vastu III,332:nandīrāgasahagatā tṛṣṇā) Vin.I,10; S.III,158; V,425 sq.; Ps.II,137; Nett 72; --saṁyojana the fetter of finding delight in anything Sn.1109,1115; Nd2 332; --samudaya the rise or origin of delight M.III,267.(Page 346)