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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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N"ka [Sk. nyanku? Doubtful reading] a kind of deer (or pig) J v.406 (vv.ll. nika, ninga).<br />

N"gha<br />

N"gha (in an"gha) see nigha1.<br />

N"ca<br />

N"ca (adj.) [Vedic n"ca, adj. -- formation fr. adv. ni˚, cp. Sk. nyañc downward] low, inferior, humble (opp.<br />

ucca high, fr. adv. ud˚) Vin i.46, 47; ii.194; D i.109, 179, 194; A v.82; SnA 424 (n"ca' karoti to degrade);<br />

& passim. -- kula of low clan J i.106; Sn 411; -- (˚!) kul"na belonging to low caste Sn 462; -- cittat! being<br />

humble -- hearted Dhs 1340; DhsA 395; -- p"&haka a low stool DhA iv.177; -- mano humble Sn 252<br />

(=n"cacitto SnA 293); -- seyy! a low bed A i.212 (opp. uccâsayana).<br />

N"ceyya<br />

N"ceyya (adj.) [compar. of n"ca (for ˚"ya?), in function of ˚eyya as "of the kind of," sort of, rather] lower,<br />

inferior, rather low M i.329; Sn 855, 918; Nd1 244, 351.<br />

N"ta<br />

N"ta (pp.) [pp. of neti] led, guided; ascertained, inferred A i.60 (˚attha); J i.262; ii.215 (k!ma˚); Nett 21<br />

(˚attha, natural meaning, i. e. the primarily inferred sense, opp. neyyattha); Sdhp 366 (dun˚). Cp. vi˚.<br />

N"ti<br />

N"ti (f.) [Sk. n"ti, fr. n"ta] guidance, practice, conduct, esp. right conduct, propriety; statesmanship, polity<br />

PvA 114 (˚mangala commonsense), 129 (˚sattha science of statecraft, or of prudent behaviour), 130<br />

(˚cintaka a lawgiver), 131 (˚naya polity & law), 132 (˚kusala versed in the wisdom of life); Miln 3 (here<br />

meaning the Ny!yaphilosophy, cp. Trenckner, Notes p. 58).<br />

N"dha<br />

N"dha=nu idha, see nu.<br />

N"dhura<br />

N"dhura (?) [Sk. ? Cp. keyura] bracelet, bangle J vi.64, (=valaya; v. l. BB nivara). Also given as n"yura (cp.<br />

Prk. neura & P. n(pura).<br />

N"pa<br />

N"pa (adj.) [Vedic n"pa, contr. fr. ni+!pa "low water"] lit. lying low, deep, N. of the tree Nauclea cadamba,<br />

a species of Asoka tree J i.13 (v. 61)=Bu ii.51; J v.6 (so read for nipa).<br />

N"bhata<br />

N"bhata [cp. Sk. nirbh%ta, pp. of nis+bh%] bought out J iii.471.<br />

N"yati

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