The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nakhaka (adj.) belonging to, consisting of or resembling a claw, in hatthi˚ like elephants' claws, Ep. of a
castle (p!s!da) Vin ii.169 (Bdhgh on p. 323: hatthikumbhe pati&&hita', eva' eva'katassa kir' eta' n!ma')
(?).
Nakhin
Nakhin (adj.) having nails J vi.290 (tamba˚ with copper- coloured nails).
Naga
Naga [Sk. naga tree & mountain, referred by Fausböll & Uhlenbeck to na+gacchati, i. e. immovable
(=sth!vara), more probably however with Lidén (see Walde under n!vis) to Ohg. nahho, Ags. naca
"boat=tree"; semantically mountain= trees, i. e. forest] mountain S i.195= Nd2 136a (nagassa passe !s"na,
of the Buddha); Sn 180 (=devapabbata royal mountain SnA 216; or should it mean "forest"?); Th 1, 41
(˚vivara), 525; Pv ii.961 (˚muddhani on top of the Mount, i. e. Mt. Sineru PvA 138; the Buddha was
thought to reside there); Miln 327 (id.); Vv 166 (˚antare in between the (5) mountains, see VvA 82).
Nagara
Nagara (nt.) [Ved. nagara, Non -- aryan? Connection with ag!ra is very problematic] a stronghold, citadel,
fortress; a (fortified) town, city. As seat of the government & as important centre of trade contrasted with
g!ma & nigama (village & market -- place or township) Vin iii.47 (˚bandhana), 184; cp. g!ma 3 b. deva˚
deva -- city Ji. 3, 168, 202; DhA i.280 etc.; cp. yakkha˚ J ii.127. -- Vin i.277, 342, 344; ii.155, 184; D ii.7; S
ii.105 sq.; iv.194 (k!yassa adhivacana'); v.160; A i.168, 178; iv.106 sq. (paccantima); v.194 (id.) Dh 150
(a&&h"na'); Sn 414, 1013 (Bhoga˚); J i.3, 50 (Kapilavatthu˚); ii.5; iii.188; vi.368 etc.; Pug 56; DhA iv.2;
PvA 3, 39, 73; Dpvs xiv.51 (+pura). Cp. n!gara. -- ûpak!rik! a town fortified with a wall covered with
cement at its base D i.105, cp. DA i.274; -- ûpama like a citadel (of citta) Dh 40, cp. DhA i.317 &
Nagaropama s(tra Divy 340; -- kath! town -- gossip D i.7; -- guttika superintendent of the city police J
iii.30, 436; iv.279; Miln 345 (dhammanagare n -- g.), DhA iv.55. Cp. Kern, Toev. p. 167; -- vara the noble
town (of R!jagaha) Vv 166, cp. VvA 82; -- v"thi a city street J ii.416; -- sobhin" the city belle, a town
courtesan J ii.367 (˚an!); iii.435 (Sulas!), 475 (˚an"); DhA i.174; ii.201; PvA 4 (Sulas!); Miln 350.
Nagaraka
Nagaraka (nt.) a small city D i.146=169, quoted J i.391.
Nagga
Nagga (adj.) [Ved. nagna=Lat. nudus (fr. *nog9edhos) Goth. naqaps=Ohg. naccot, Ags. nacod=naked; Oir.
nocht; perhaps Gr. gumno/s] naked, nude Vin ii.121; J i.307; Pv i.61 (=niccola PvA 32); ii.15; 81; PvA 68,
106. -- cariy! going naked Dh 141; DhA iii.78; cp. Sk nagnacary! Divy 339; -- bhogga one whose goods
are nakedness, an ascetic J iv.160; v.75; vi.225.
Naggatta
Naggatta (nt.) [Sk. nagnatva]=naggiya nakedness PvA 106.
Naggiya
Naggiya (nt.) [Sk. *nagnya'] naked state, nudity Vin i.292, 305; S iv.300; Sn 249.
Naggiy!