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Nava Nāga
Vin i.47 (navā bhikkhū the younger bhs., opp. therā); S i.9 ber, bath attendant D i.74; A iii.25; DA i.157 (=ye nahāpenti);
(+acira — pabbajita); ii.218; Sn p. 93 (Gotamo navo pabba- PvA 127 (=kappaka).
jjāya "a novice in the Wanderer's life"); DhA i.92 (bhikkhu).
Nahāpana (nt.) bathing, washing (trs.) D i.7, 12; A i.62, 132;
-kamma building new, making repairs, "doing up," mend- ii.70; iv.54; It 111 (ucchādana+); VvA 305 (udakadāna+).
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ing Vin ii.119, 159; iii.81; J i.92; iv.378; Nd 385; -kammika
Nahāpita [Sk. only snāpaka (see nahāpaka); new formation fr.
an expert in making repairs or in building, a builder (cp.
Caus. nahāpeti as n. ag. with a- theme instead of ar-, cp.
vaḍḍhaki) Vin ii.15; iv.211; -ghata fresh ghee J ii.433 (v. l.
sallakatta for sallakattar] a barber, who has also the business
°sappi).
of preparing & giving baths (cp. Ger. "bader") a bath — at-
Navaka (adj. — n.) [Sk. navaka] young; a young man, a newly
tendant (see kappaka). Barbers ranked as a low class socially,
ordained bhikkhu (opp. thera), novice (cp. Divy 404) J i.33
and rebirth in a barber's family was considered unfortunate.
(sangha°); PvA 76 (id.). — Freq. in compar. navakatara a
Vin i.249 (°pubba who had formerly been a barber); D i.225;
younger one, or the youngest (opp. theratara) D ii.154; J i.218;
J i.137; ii.5; iii.451; iv.138 (eight kahāpaṇas as a barber's fee);
Miln 24.
DA i.157 (=kappaka); VvA 207 (°sālā a barber's shop).
Navanīta (nt.) & nonīta [cp. Ved. navanīta] fresh butter Vin i.244 Nahāpeti [Sk. snāpayati, Caus. of nahāyati] to wash, to give a
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(cp. gorasa); D i.201; M iii.141; Pv iii.5 (nonīta); Pug 69, 70;
bath, bathe J i.166; PvA 49; VvA 68, 305.
Miln 41, Dhs 646, 740; DhA i.417; PvA 199.
Nahāmin (adj. — n.) [=nahāpaka; Kern, Toev. asks: should it be
Navama (num. ord.) [Sk. navama=Oir. nōmad; cp. Lat. nonus; 14
nahāpin?] a barber, a low — class individual Pv iii.1 (=kap-
Gr. ε῎νατος, Goth. niunda with diff. superl. suffixes] the
paka — jātika PvA 176).
ninth Sn 109; f. °ī VvA 72.
Nahāyati (rarely nhāyati) [Ved. snāti & snāyati, snā=Gr. νήξω
Naviya (adj.) [Sk. navya, either grd. of navate to praise; or=nava,
(to swim), ναρός, *Νηρεύς (Nereid), ν¨ησος (island); Lat.
q. v.] praiseworthy Miln 389.
nare (to swim); cp. also Sk. snauti, Gr. νάω, νέω; Goth.
Navuti (num.) [Ved. navati] number ninety VvA 345 & in comp n sniwan] to bathe (trs. & intr.), to wash, to perform an ablu-
eka° 91 D ii.2 (i. e. 92 minus 1; in expr. ekanavuto kappo, v. tion (esp. at the end of religious studentship or after the
l. ekanavuti kappe); dvā° 92 (see dvi A II. & B III.); PvA 19, lapse of a lustrative period) Vin ii.280; J i.265; vi.336; PvA
21; aṭṭhā° 98; Sn 311 (diseases sprung fr. orig. 3). 93. ppr. nahāyanto (PvA 83) & nahāyamāna (Vin ii.105);
inf. nahāyituṁ (Vin i.47; PvA 144); ger. nahāyitvā (J i.50;
Navutiya (adj.) worth ninety J v.485. Cp. nāvutika.
vi.367; PvA 42) & nahātvā (J i.265; iii.277; DhA iii.88; PvA
Nassati (v. intr.) [Ved. naś; naśyati & naśati, cp. Gr. νέκυς,
23, 62) (after mourning), 82; grd. nahāyitabba (Vin ii.220,
νεκρός (corpse), νέκταρ ("overcoming death" =nec+tr̥, cp.
280).
tarati); Lat. neco, noceo, noxius] to perish, to be lost or de-
Nahāru & Nhāru [Sk. snāyu, Idg. *snē to sew, cp. Gr. νέω,
stroyed, to disappear, come to an end Sn 666 (na hi nassati
νήχω, ν¨ημα (thread); Ohg. nājan; also Gr. νεϋρον (=Lat.
kassaci kammaṁ); It 90; J i.81, 116, 150; pret. nassaṁ (pro-
hib.) Sn 1120, pl. anassāma M i.177; aor. nassi A iii.54 (mā nervus); Ags. sinu (=sinew); Ohg. senawa; Goth. nepla=Ags.
nāēdl (=needle); Oir. snātha (thread); Ohg. snuor (cord)=Ags.
nassi prohib.); J iv.137 (cakkhūni °iṁsu: the eyes failed); fut.
snōd] sinew, tendon, muscle. In the anatomy of the body n.
nassisati J i.5; cond. nassissa J ii.112. — Caus. nāseti (q.
v.). See also pa°. occupies the place between maṁsa (flesh, soft flesh) & aṭṭhi
(bone), as is seen from ster. sequence chavi, camma, maṁsa,
Nassana (nt.) [cp. Sk. naśana] disappearance, loss, destruction A
nahāru, aṭṭhi, aṭṭhi — miñja (e. g. at Vin i.25; J iii.84). See
iii.54 (°dhamma adj. doomed to perish). n
also def in detail at SnA 246 sq. & KhA 47. — Vin i.25
Nahāta [Sk. snāta, see nahāyati] one who has bathed Vin ii.221; (nh°); M i.429 (used for bow strings); A i.50; iii.324; iv.47 sq.
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J i.266; DhA iv.232 (°kilesatā washed off moral stain). (°daddula), 129; Kh 111.; Sn 194 (aṭṭhi°) Nd 97 (nh°); DhA
iii.118; ThA 257 (nh°); PvA 68 (aṭṭhi — camma°), 80 (camma
Nahātaka [Ved. snātaka, cp. nahāta & nahāyati] "one who has
— maṁsa°); Sdhp 46, 103.
bathed," a brahmin who has finished the studies M i.280; A
iv.144; Dh 422 (expl. at DhA iv.232 with ref. to perfection in Nahuta (nt.) [Sk. nayuta (m. pl.) of unknown etym. Is it the
the Buddha's teaching: catusaccabuddhatāya buddha); cp. Sn same as navuti? The corresponding v>y>h is frequent, as to
521 (one who has washed away all sin), 646. meaning cp. nava 3] a vast number, a myriad Sn 677; J i.25,
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83; Pv iv.1 ; DhA i.88; PvA 22, 265.
Nahāna (nt.) [Sk. snāna] bathing, a bath Vin i.47, 51= ii.224;
i.196 (dhuva° constant bathing), 197; S i.183; v.390 (fig.); J Nāga [Ved. nāga; etym. of 1. perhaps fr. *snagh=Ags. snaca
i.265; PvA 50; Vism 27. (snake) & snaegl (snail); of 2 uncertain, perhaps a Non —
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-kāla bathing time PvA 46; -koṭṭhaka bath — room DhA Aryan word distorted by popular analogy to nāga ] 1. a serpent
iii.88; -garuka fond of bathing Vin i.196; -cuṇṇa bath pow- or Nāga demon, playing a prominent part in Buddh. fairy —
der (cp. nahāniya°) DhA i.398; -tittha a shallow place for tales, gifted with miraculous powers & great strength. They
bathing DhA i.3; iii.79. often act as fairies & are classed with other divinities (see
devatā), with whom they are sometimes friendly, sometimes
Nahāniya (adj.) belonging to a bath, bath —; in °cuṇṇa bath —
at enmity (as with the Garuḷas) D i.54; S iii.240 sq.; v.47, 63;
powder PvA 46.
Bu. i.30 (dīghāyukā mahiddhikā); Miln 23. Often with su-
Nahāpaka [Sk. snāpaka, fr. Caus, nahāpeti; cp. nahāpita] a bar-
paṇṇā (Garuḷas); J i.64; DhA ii.4; PvA 272. Descriptions e. g.
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