Niścaya

Niścaya (T. nges pa) - certainty, ascertainment, etc.

Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary:

1. Certainty, ascertainment, positive, conclusion.

2. A fixed intention, design, purpose, aim.

Rangjung Yeshe dictionary:

intr. v.; ascertainment, certainty, definiteness, definite, determine, certain, true, sure, firm, bound to, sureness, should be, devoted to one aim only, certain understanding, to be specific, specified; fixed, solid [RY]

had mastered [RY]

to know with certainty [RY]

Richard Barron:

certain/ sure; to define (with certainty)/ ascertain/ make certain; - to determine/ establish; to define [RB]

Goodman:

religious vows or rules

See also

• Ten referents for "dharma"

Sources

• Goodman, Steven D. (2020), The Buddhist Psychology of Awakening: An In-Depth Guide to the Abhidharma (Apple Books ed.), Shambhala Publications 
• nges_pa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nishcaya