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Nūtana Netthar

crastinus etc.] "of now," i. e. recent, fresh, new Dāvs iv.47. a holy life S iii.233; -vitakka a thought of self — abnegation
S ii.152; A i.275; ii.252; It 82; -sankappa=prec. S ii.152;
Nūna (& nūnaṁ DhsA 164) (indecl.) [Ved. nūnaṁ=Gr. νύν, Lat.
A iii.146; Vbh 104, 235; -sita based or bent on a holy life
nunc (cp. num); Goth. nu, Ger. nun, cp. E. now. See also
(opp. geha° q. v.) S iv.232; -sukha the joy or happiness of
nu] affirmative — dubitative particle with Pot. or Ind., viz. 1.
Arahantship M iii.110; A i.80; Dh 267, 272; DhA iii.400.
(dubit. — interrog.) is it then, now, shall I etc. (=Lat. sub-
junctive, hortative & dubitative) D i.155 (=Lat. num, cp. nu). Negama (adj. — n.) [fr. nigama] the inhabitant of a (small) town;
Esp. freq. with rel. pron. yaṁ=yaṁ nūna what if, shall I, let citizen; also collect.=jana, people Vin i.268, 273; D i.136, 139;
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me (Lat. age) Sn p. 80 (yaṁ nūn' âhaṁ puccheyyaṁ let me J iv.121; vi.493; Dāvs iii.3; DA i.297. Often comb with °jā-
ask, I will ask); J i.150, 255; iii.393; PvA 5 (y. n. âhaṁ imassa napadā (pl.) "townsmen & countryfolk" S i.89; D iii.148,
avassayo bhaveyyaṁ=let me help him). — 2. (affirm.) surely, 172; J 149.
certainly, indeed Sn 1058 (api nūna pajaheyyuṁ); A v.194; J Necayika (adj.) [fr. nicaya] rich, wealthy D i.136, 142 (read
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i.60; v.90; Pv ii.9 (nuna); Miln 20; DhsA 164; PvA 95 (nuna
nevāsika cp. naivasika M Vastu iii.38); A v.149 (v. l. BB
as v. l.; text reads nanda).
nerayika, Com. nevāsiko ti nivāsakaro).
Nūpura [Sk. nūpura; Non — Aryan. Cp. Prk. ṇeura & nīdhura
Netar [Vedic netṛ, n. ag. of neti] a leader, guide, forerunner Sn
(nīyura)] an ornament for the feet, an anklet Th 2, 268; DA 1
86, 213; Nd 446.
i.50.
Neti (nayati) [Vedic nayati, nī] to lead, guide, conduct; to take,
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carry (away); fig. to draw a conclusion, to understand, to take
Neka (adj.) [Sk. naika=na eka, cp. aneka] not one, several, many as Dh 80, 145, 240, 257; J i.228; iv.241 (nayaṁ n. to draw a
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Sn 308; Vv 53 (°citta variegated=nānāvidhacitta VvA 236), proper conclusion); VvA 42 (narati=nayati); imper. naya Pv
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64 (id.=anekacitta VvA 275); Tikp 366. ii.11 , & nehi J ii.160; PvA 147; poetic imper. nayāhi see in
paṭi°; pot. naye Dh 256 (to lead a cause=vinicchineyya DhA
Nekatika (adj.) [fr. nikati] deceitful, fraudulent; a cheat D iii.183;
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iii.381). fut. nessāmi J ii.159; Pv ii.4 ; aor. nayi J iv.137.
Th 1, 940; Miln 290; PvA 209; J iv.184.
ger. netvā PvA 5, 6, etc. inf. netuṁ PvA 123, 145 (°kāma),
Nekada=anekadā (frequently).
& netave J i.79=Dh 180. grd. neyya (see sep.), pp. nīta.
Nekāyika (adj.) [fr. nikāya] versed in the 4 (or 5) Nikāyas Miln Pass. nīyati (q. v.). Cp. naya, nīti, netta etc.; also ā°, upa°,
22; cp. Cunningham, Stupa of Bharhut 142, 52. paṭi°, vi°.
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Nekkha [Vedic niṣka; cp. nikkha] a golden ornament, a certain Netta [Sk. netra, fr. neti] a guide J iii.111; Nett. 130.
coin of gold S i.65; A i.181; ii.8, 29; Dh 230 (=DhA iii.329 Netta (nt.) [Sk. netra] guidance, anything that guides, a conduc-
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jambonada nikkha); Vism 48; v. l. at Vv 20 , 43 .
tor, fig. the eye. S i.26 (sārathī nettāni gahetvā =the reins);
Nekkhamma (nt.) [formally a derivation fr. nikkhamma (ger. of Vin i.204 (dhūma° for smoke); J iv.363 (id.); D i.12 (°tap-
nikkhamati)=Sk. *naiṣkramya, as shown also by its semantic pana, set t. & cp. DA i.98); Sn 550 (pasanna°), 1120; Nd 2
affinity to nikkhanta, in which the metaphorical sense has en- 371 (=cakkhu), 669; J vi.290 (tamba° with red eyes); Pv i.8 3
tirely superseded the literal one. On the other hand, it may be (eyes=nayanāni Com.); Dhs 597; Vbh 71 sq.
a bastard derivation fr. nikkāma=Sk. *naiṣkāmya, although
Netti (f.) [Vedic netrī, f. to netṛ] a guide, conductor; sup-
the adj. nikkāma does not show the prevailing meaning & the 2
port (=nettika ) It 37 (āhāra° — pabhava), 38 (bhava°), 94
wide range of nikkhanta, moreover formally we should expect 2
(netticchinna bhikkhu=Arahant). Cp. nettika & dhamma°,
nekkamma. In any case the connection with kāma is pre —
bhava°.
eminently felt in the connotation of n., as shown by var. pas-
Nettiṁsa [cp. Sk. nistriṁśa, Halāyudha 2, 317; very doubtful,
sages where a play of word exists between n. & kāma (cp.
whether nis+triṁśa (thirty), prob. a dial. distortion] a sword
kāmānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ yad idaṁ nekkhammaṁ It 61, cp. Vin
J ii.77 (°vara — dhārin; C. nettiṁsā vuccanti khaggā); iv.118
i.104; A iii.245; also M i.115). The use of the similar term ab-
(C. gives it as adj.=nikkaruṇa, merciless; & says "khaggassa
hinikkhamana further warrants its derivation fr. nikkhamati]
nāmaṁ"); vi.188 (°varadhārin).
giving up the world & leading a holy life, renunciation of, or
emancipation from worldliness, freedom from lust, craving & Nettika (adj. — n.) [netta+ika] 1. having as guide or forerun-
desires, dispassionateness, self — abnegation, Nibbāna Vin ner, in Bhagavaṁ°' dhamma M i.310; A i.199; iv.158, 351;
i.18 (°e ānisaṁsa); D i.110 (id.), iii.239, 275, 283; M iii.129; A v.355. — 2. a conduit for irrigation; one who makes conduits
i.147 (=khema, i. e. nibbāna); iii.245; iv.186 (ānisaṁsa), 439 for watering Dh 80 (=udakaṁ nenti nettikā), 145; fig. that
sq.; Sn 424 (°ṁ daṭṭhu khemato); Dh 181; Ps i.107 sq.; ii.169 which supplies with food or water, in bhava° ("the roots of
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sq.; Nd 370; Vism 116, 325; J i.19; 137; Vv 84 42 (=nibbāna existence, clinging to existence") D i.46 (ucchinna° with the
VvA 348); Nett 53, 87, 106 sq.; Miln 285 (°ṁ abhinikkhanta); roots of existence cut); sanettika clinging to existence, a bad
DhA iii.227; ThA 266. man A ii.54. Cp. netti.
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Netthar [see nittharati; does any connection exist with Vedic
other ideals of Arahantship: paviveka, avyāpajjha, upādā-
neṣṭṛ?] only in phrase netthāraṁ vattati to behave in such
nakkhaya, taṇhakkhaya, asammoha) Vin i.183; A iii.376;
a way as to get rid of blame or fault Vin ii.5; iii.183; M i.442.
-âbhirata fond of renunciation A iv.224; v.175; Ps ii.173;
— Bdhgh on Vin ii.5 (p. 309) explains: nittharantānaṁ etan
-dhātu the sphere or element of dispassionateness S ii.152;
ti netthāraṁ yena sakkā nissāraṇā nittharituṁ taṁ aṭṭhārasa —
Vbh 86; Nett 97; Vism 487. -ninna merging into or bent on
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