Nirodha
Nirodha,[BSk.nirodha,to nirundhati,cp.nirujjhati & niruddha] oppression,suppression; destruction,cessation,annihilation (of senses,consciousness,feeling & being in general:saṅkhārā).Bdhgh’s expln of the word is:“ni-saddo abhāvaṁ,rodha-saddo ca cārakaṁ dīpeti Vism.495.-- N.in many cases is synonymous with nibbāna & parinibbāna; it may be said to be even a stronger expression as far as the active destruction of the causes of life is concerned.Therefore frequently combd with nibbāna in formula “sabbasaṅkhāra-samatho ...virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ,” e.g.S.I,136; It.88.Nd2 s.nibbāna (see nibbāna III,6).Also in combn with nibbidā,e.g.S.III,48,223; III,163 sq.; V,438.-- The opposite of nirodha is samudaya,cp.formula “yaṁ kiñci samudaya-dhammaṁ sabban taṁ nirodha-dhammaṁ” e.g.Nd2 under saṅkhārā & passim.(a) Vin.I,1,10; D.II,33,41,57 sq.,112; III,130 sq.,136 sq.,226 sq.; J.I,133; II,9 sq.,223; III,59 sq.,163; V,438; M.I,140,263,410; A.I,299; IV,456 (=āsavānaṁ parikkhaya); Th.2,6 (=kilesanirodha ThA.13),158; It.46=Sn.755 (nirodhe ye vimuccanti te janā maccuhāyino); It.62=Sn.754; Sn.731,1037; Ps.I,192; II,44 sq.,221; Pug.68; Vbh.99 sq.,229; Nett 14,16 sq.; Vism.372; VvA.63; PvA.220 (jīvitassa).-- (b) (as-°):anupubba° D.III,266; A.IV,409,456; abhisaññā° D.I,180; asesavirāga° S.II,4,12; IV,86; V,421 sq.; A.I,177; II,158,161; upādāna° S.III,14; kāma° A.III,410 sq.; jāti° S.IV,86; taṇhā° D.III,216; dukkha° D.III,136; S.III,32,60; IV,4 sq.,14,384; A.I,177; nandi° S.III,14; IV,36; bhava° (=nibbāna) S.II,117; III,14; A.V,9; Ps.I,159; sakkāya° D.III,240; S.V,410; A.II,165 sq.; III,246,325 sq.; V,238 sq.; saññāvedayita° D.III,262,266; S.IV,217,293 sq.; V,213 sq.; A.I,41; III,192; IV,306; V,209.
--dhamma subject to destruction,able to be destroyed,destructible (usually in formula of samudaya-dhamma,see above) Vin.I,11; D.I,110; S.IV,47,107,214; M.III,280; A.V,143 sq.; --dhammatā liability to destruction S.IV,217; --dhātu the element or condition of annihilation,one of the 3 dhātus,viz.rūpa,arūpa° n°.D.III,215; It.45; Nett 97; --saññā perception or consciousness of annihilation D.III,251 sq.,283; A.III,334; --samāpatti attainment of annihilation Ps.I,97,100; Miln.300; Vism.702.(Page 371)