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					Nicca,(adj.) [Vedic nitya,adj.-formation fr.ni,meaning “downward”=onward,on and on; according to Grassmann (Wtb.z.Rig Veda) originally “inwardly,homely”] constant,continuous,permanent D.III,31; S.I,142; II,109,198; IV,24 sq.,45,63; A.II,33,52; V,210; Ps.II,80; Vbh.335,426.In chain of synonyms:nicca dhuva sassata avipariṇāmadhamma D.I,21; S.III,144,147; see below anicca,-- nt.adv.niccaṁ perpetually,constantly,always (syn.sadā) M.I,326; III,271; Sn.69,220,336; Dh.23,109,206,293; J.I,290; III,26,190; Nd2 345 (=dhuvakālaṁ); PvA.32,55,134.‹-› Far more freq.as anicca (adj.; aniccaṁ nt.n.) unstable,impermanent,inconstant; (nt.) evanescence,inconstancy,impermanence.-- The emphatic assertion of impermanence (continuous change of condition) is a prominent axiom of the Dhamma,& the realization of the evanescent character of all things mental or material is one of the primary conditions of attaining right knowledge (:anicca-saññaṁ manasikaroti to ponder over the idea of impermanence S.II,47; III,155; V,132; Ps.II,48 sq.,100; PvA.62 etc.-- kāye anicc’ânupassin realizing the impermanence of the body (together with vayânupassin & nirodha°) S.IV,211; V,324,345; Ps.II,37,45 sq.,241 sq.See anupassanā).In this import anicca occurs in many combinations of similar terms,all characterising change,its consequences & its meaning,esp.in the famous triad “aniccaṁ dukkhaṁ anattā” (see dukkha II.2),e.g.S.III,41,67,180; IV,28 (sabbaṁ),85 sq.,106 sq.; 133 sq.Thus anicca addhuva appāyuka cavanadhamma D.I,21.anicca+dukkha S.II,53 (yad aniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ); IV,28,31,V,345; A.IV,52 (anicce dukkhasaññā); M.I,500 (+roga etc.); Nd2 214 (id.cp.roga).anicca dukkha vipariṇāmadhamma (of kāmā) D.I,36.aniccasaññī anattasaññī A.IV,353; etc.‹-› Opposed to this ever-fluctuating impermanence is Nibbāna (q.v.),which is therefore marked with the attributes of constancy & stableness (cp.dhuva,sassata amata,vipariṇāma).-- See further for ref.S.II,244 sq.(saḷāyatanaṁ a.),248 (dhātuyo); III,102 (rūpa etc.); IV,131,151; A.II,33,52; V,187 sq.,343 sq.; Sn.805; Ps.I,191; II,28 sq.,80,106; Vbh.12 (rūpa etc.),70 (dvādasâyatanāni),319 (viññāṇā),324 (khandhā),373; PvA.60 (=ittara).
  --kālaṁ (adv.) constantly Nd2 345; --dāna a perpetual gift D.I,144 (cp.DA.I,302); --bhatta a continuous foodsupply (for the bhikkhus) J.I,178; VvA.92; PvA.54; --bhattika one who enjoys a continuous supply of food (as charity) Vin.II,78; III,237 (=dhuva-bhattika); IV,271; --saññā (& adj.saññin) the consciousness or idea of permanence (adj.having etc.) A.II,52; III,79,334; IV,13,145 sq.; Nett 27; --sīla the uninterrupted observance of good conduct VvA.72; PvA.256.(Page 355)