The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

32, 46, 158; Sdhp 246, 270, 360. -- abbha a black cloud Pv iv.39. -- abhij!ti a dark (unfortunate) birth (cp.
ka*h˚) A iii.383; -- uppala blue lotus J iii.394; Vv 454 (=kuvalaya); DhA i.384; -- kasi*a the "blue" kasi*a
(q. v.) D iii.248; Dhs 203; (Vam 172 etc.; -- g"va "blue neck," a peacock Sn 221 =ma*i -- da*.a -- sadis!ya
g"v!ya n. ti SnA 277); -- pupph" N. of plant ("blue -- blossom") J vi.53; -- b"jaka a waterplant ("blue --
seed") Bdhgh at Vin iii.276; -- ma*i a sapphire ("blue -- stone") J ii.112; iv.140; DhA iii.254; -- va**a blue
colour, coloured blue or green J iv.140 (of the ocean); Dhs 246.
N"laka
N"laka (adj.) for n"la M ii.201; see vi˚.
N"liya
N"liya [fr. n"l"] an (indigo) hair dye J iii.138 (Com. n"li- yaka).
N"l"
N"l" (f.) [Sk. n"l"] the indigo plant, indigo colour A iii.230, 233.
N")a
N")a [Vedic n".a] a nest (J v.92): see ni..ha: cp. ˚pacchi bird cage J ii.361; roga˚ It 37; vadharoga˚ Th
i.1093.
N"vara*a
N"vara*a (nt. occasionally m.) [Sk. *niv!ra*a, nis+ vara*a of v% (v%*oti), see nibbuta & cp. niv!ra*a] an
obstacle, hindrance, only as tt. applied to obstacles in an ethical sense & usually enumd or referred to in a
set of 5 (as pañca n"vara*!ni and p. !vara*!ni), viz. k!macchanda, (abhijjh! -- )vy!p!da, th"na -- middha,
uddhaccakukkucca, vicikicch! i. e. sensuality, ill -- will, torpor of mind or body, worry, wavering (cp. Dhs.
trsl. p. 310): D i.73 (˚e, acc. pl.), 246; ii.83, 300; iii.49 sq., 101, 234, 278; S ii.23; iii.149; v.60, 84 sq., 93
sq., 145, 160, 226, 327, 439; M i.60, 144, 276; iii.4, 295; A i.3, 161; iii.16, 63, 230 sq.; 386; iv.457; v.16,
195, 322; Sn 17; Nd1 13; Nd2 379; Ps i.31, 129, 163; Pug 68; Dhs 1059, 1136, 1495; Vbh 199, 244, 378;
Nett 11, 13, 94; Vism 146, 189; DA i.213; Sdhp 459, 493 and passim. Other enumns are occasionally
found e. g. 10 at S v.110; 8 at M i.360 sq.; 6 at Dhs 1152.
N"vara*iya
N"vara*iya (adj.) [fr. n"vara*a] belonging to an obstacle, forming a hindrance, obstructing Dhs 584, 1164,
1488; Vbh 12, 30, 66, 130 etc.
N"v!ra
N"v!ra [Sk. n"v!ra, unexplained] raw rice, paddy D i.166; A i.241, 295; ii.206; Pug 55; J iii.144 (˚y!gu).
N"ha&a
N"ha&a [pp. of n"harati=Sk. nirh%ta] thrown out, removed; in f. abstr. ˚t! ejection, removal [cp. Sk. nirh%ti]
DhA iii.336 (mal!na' n. the extirpation of impurity or removal of stain).
N"hara*a