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Naya Nava

nayati dummedho: draws a wrong conclusion); PvA 227 (+an- ii.228 (naḍāgāra); -aggi a fire of reeds J vi.100 (°vaṇṇaṁ pab-
umināti). — With °ādi° N. has the function of continuing or bataṁ); -kalāpī a bundle of r. S ii.114; -kāra a worker in
completing the context= "and similarly," e. g. °ādinaya — reeds, basket — maker; D i.51 (+pesakāra & kumbhakāra); J
pavatta dealing with this & the following VvA 2;... ti ādinā v.291; ThA 28; PvA 175 (+vilīvakāra); DhA i.177; -daṇḍaka
nayena thus & similarly, & so forth J i.81; PvA 30. — Instr. a shaft of r. J i.170; -maya made of r. Vin ii.115; -vana a
nayena (—°) as adv. in the way of, as, according(ly): āgata° thicket of reeds J iv.140; Miln 342; -sannibha reedcoloured
according to what has been shown or said in... J i.59; VvA J vi.537 (Com.: naḷa — puppha — vaṇṇa rukkhasunakha);
3; PvA 280; purima° as before J i.59; iv.140; vutta° as said -setu a bridge of reeds Sn 4.
(above) (cp. vutta — niyāmena) PvA 13, 29, 36, 71, 92 etc.
Naḷapin a water — animal J vi.537.
— sunaya a sound judgment J iv.241; dunnaya a wrong prin-
Nalāṭa (nt.) [Ved. lalāṭa=rarāṭa; on n>l cp. nangala] the fore-
ciple, method or judgment, or as adj.: wrongly inferred, hard
head S i.118; J iii.393; iv.417 (nalāṭena maccuṁ ādāya: by his
to be understood, unintelligible A iii.178=Nett 21; J iv.241.
forelock); Vism 185; DhA i.253.
Nayati see neti.
-anta the side of the forehead J vi.331; -maṇḍala the
Nayana (nt.) [Sk. nayana, to nayati=the leader cp. also ne- round of the f. D i.106; Sn p. 108.
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tra=P. netta] the eye Th 2, 381; Vv 35 ; Dhs 597; Vbh 71
Nalāṭikā (f.) [Sk. lalāṭikā] "belonging to the forehead," a frown
sq.; Miln 365; ThA 255; VvA 161 (=cakkhu); PvA 40 (net-
Vin ii.10 (nalāṭikaṁ deti to give a frown).
tāni nayanāni), 152; Sdhp 448, 621.
Nalinī (f.) [Sk. nalinī] a pond J iv.90; Vism 84, 17.
Nayhati [Ved. nahyati, Idg. *nedh as in Lat. nodus & Ved. nahu]
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Nava (num.) [Ved. navan, Idg. *neṷn̊, cp. Lat. novem (*noven),
to tie, bind; only in comp. with prep. as upanayhati (cp. up-
Gr. ἐννέα, Goth. niun, Oir. nōin, E. nine. Connection with
āhanā sandal), pilandhati etc. — pp. naddha (q. v.). See also
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nava likely because in counting by tetrads (octo=8 is a dual!)
nandhi, nāha; onayhati, unnahanā, piḷayhati.
a new series begins with No. 9] number nine. gen. — dat.
Nayhana (nt.) [Sk. nahana] tying, binding; bond, fetter DhA
navannaṁ (Sn p. 87); instr. — abl. navahi (VvA 76), loc.
iv.161.
navasu.
Nara [Ved. nara, cp. nṛtu; Idg. *ner to be strong or valiant =Gr. Meaning and Application: The primitive — Aryan impor-
ἀνήρ, ἀγ ήνωρ (valiant), δρώψ (*νρώψ); Lat. neriosus (mus- tance of the "mystic" nine is not found in Buddhism and can
cuḷar), Nero (Sabinian, cp. Oscan ner= Lat. vir); Oir. nert] only be traced in Pali in folkloristic undercurrents (as fairy
man (in poetry esp. a brave, strong, heroic man), pl. either tales) & stereotype traditions in which 9 appears as a num-
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"men" or "people" (the latter e. g. at Sn 776, 1082; Pv i.11 ). ber implying a higher trinity=3 . 1. navabhūmaka pāsāda
— A i.130; ii.5; iii.53; Sn 39, 96, 116, 329, 591, 676, 865 etc.; (a palace 9 stories high more freq. satta°, 7) J i.58; nava —
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Dh 47, 48, 262, 309, 341; J iii.295; Nd 12=Nd 335 (defini- hiraññakoṭīhi (w. 9 koṭis of gold) VvA 188; nava yojana
tion); VvA 42 (popular etymology: narati netī ti naro puriso, DhA ii.65. — 2. navangabuddhasāsana "the 9 fold teach-
i. e. a "leading" man); PvA 116=Dh 125. ing of Buddha," i. e. the 9 divisions of the Buddh. Scrip-
-âdhama vilest of men Sn 246; -âsabha "man bull," i. e. tures according to their form or style, viz. suttaṁ geyyaṁ
lord of men Sn 684, 996; -inda "man lord," i. e. king Sn 836; veyyākaraṇaṁ gāthā udānaṁ itivuttakaṁ jātakaṁ abbhutad-
J i.151; -uttama best of men (Ep. of the Buddha) S i.23; D hammaṁ vedallaṁ M i.133; A ii.103, 178; iii.86 sq., 177 sq.;
iii.147; Sn 1021; -deva god — man or man — god (pl.) gods, Pug 43; Miln 344; Dpvs iv.15; PvA 2. Cp. chaḷanga. — nava
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also Ep. of the B. "king of men" S i.5; Pv iv.3 ; -nārī (pl.) sattāvāsā "9 abodes of beings" Kh iv. (in exemplifying No.
men & women, appl. to male & female angelic servants (of 9), viz. (see D iii.263=KhA 86, 87 cp. also A iv.39 sq.) (1)
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the Yakkhas) Vv 32 , 33 , 53 ; Pv ii.11 ; -vīra a hero (?), a manussā, devā, vinipātikā; (2) Brahmakāyikā devā; (3) Ābhas-
skilled man (?) Th 1, 736 (naravīrakata "by human skill & sarā; (4) Subhakiṇhā; (5) Asaññasattā; (6) Ākāsanañcâyatana
wit" Mrs. Rh. D.). -sīha lion of men J i.89. — upagā; (7) Viññāṇanañcâyatana°; (8) Ākiñcaññāyatana°;
(9) Nevasaññâsaññâyatana°. — nava sotā (Sn 197) or nava
Naraka [Sk. naraka; etym. doubtful, problematic whether to Gr.
dvārā (VvA 76; v. l. mukhā) 9 openings of the body, viz.
νέρτερος (=inferus), Ags. nord=north as region of the under-
(SnA 248) 2 eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, anus & urethra (cp.
world] 1. a pit D i.234; Th 1, 869; J iv.268 (°āvāṭa PvA 225). 2
S.B.E. 39, 180; 40, 259 sq.). — nava vitakkā 9 thoughts Nd
— 2. a name for Niraya, i. e. purgatory; a place of torment
269 (q. v.). — 3. a trace of the week of 9 days is to be found
for the deceased (see niraya & cp. list of narakas at Divy 67)
in the expression "navuti — vassasatasahass — āyukā" giving
S i.209; Sn 706; PvA 52; Sdhp 492 (saṁsāraghora°), 612.
the age of a divinity as 9 million years (=a divine week) VvA
-angāra the ashes of purgatory Sdhp 32.
345. — Cp. navuti.
Narada (nt.) [Sk. nalada, Gr. νάρδος, of Semitic origin, cp. Hebr. 2 1
Nava (adj.) [Ved. nava, Idg. *neṷn̊ (cp. nava )=Lat. novus,
nīrd] nard, ointment J vi.537.
Gr. νέος (*νέvος), Lith. navas; Goth. niujis etc.=E. new; also
Nala & Naḷa [Ved. naḍa & Sk. naḷa, with dial. ḍ (ḷ) for *narda, 3
Sk. navya=Gr. νεϊος, Lat. Novius. May be related to na ]
cp. Gr. νάρδης] a species of reed; reed in general Vin iv.35; A 1. new, fresh; unsoiled, clean; of late, lately acquired or prac-
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ii.73; Dh 337; Nd 680 ii ; J i.223; iv.141, 396 (n. va chinno); tised (opp. pubba & purāṇa). Often syn. with taruṇa. Sn 28,
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Pv i.11 (id.); DhA iii.156; iv.43. See also nāḷa, nāḷī & nāḷikā. 2
235 (opp. purāṇaṁ), 944 (id.), 913 (opp. pubba); Pv i.9 (of
-âgāra a house built of reeds S i.156; iv.185 (+tiṇāgāra); clothes=costly); J iv.201 (opp. purāṇa); Miln 132 (salila fresh
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A i.101 (+tiṇāgāra); Nd 40 (id.), Miln 245; cp. AvŚ Index
water). — 2. young, unexperienced, newly initiated; a novice
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