Reply To: What is nissando?

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Lal
Keymaster

Nissando means “outcome.”

That verse is about separating the terms in Paticca Samuppada into four categories: 

Hetu: Avijjā, taṇhā, saṅkhārā, upādāna

Paccaya: Viññāṇa is paccaya for nāmarūpa, that nāmarūpa is paccaya for saḷāyatana, phass, vedanā

Vipāka: Bhava

Nissanda (Outcome): jāti,  jarāmaraṇa