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					Nidāna,(nt.) [Sk.nidāna,ni+*dāna of dā,dyati to bind,cp.Gr.dέsma,dhμa (fetter) & see dāma] (a) (n.) tying down to; ground (lit.or fig.),foundation,occasion; source,origin,cause; reason,reference,subject (“sujet”) M.I,261; A.I,134 sq.; 263 sq.,338; II,196; IV,128 sq.; Dhs.1059 (dukkha°,source of pain),1136; Nett 3,32; Miln.272 (of disease:pathology,ætiology),344 (°paṭhanakusala,of lawyers); PvA.132,253.‹-› (b) (adj.-°) founded on,caused by,originating in,relating to S.V,213 sq.(a° & sa°); A.I,82 (id.); Sn.271 (ito°),866 (kuto°),1050 (upadhi°=hetuka,paccayā,kāraṇā Nd2 346); 872 (icchā°) etc.; VvA.117 (vimānāni Rājagaha° playing at or referring to R.).-- (c) nidānaṁ (Acc.as adv.) by means of,in consequence of,through,usually with tato° through this,yato° through which D.I,52,73; M.I,112; Pv IV.161 (through whom=yaṁ nimittaṁ PvA.242); PvA.281; ito° by this Nd2 2912.(Page 358)