The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Narada
Narada (nt.) [Sk. nalada, Gr. na/rdos, of Semitic origin, cp. Hebr. n"rd] nard, ointment J vi.537.
Nala & Na)a
Nala & Na)a [Ved. na.a & Sk. na)a, with dial. . ()) for *narda, cp. Gr. na/ rdhc] a species of reed; reed in
general Vin iv.35; A ii.73; Dh 337; Nd2 680ii; J i.223; iv.141, 396 (n. va chinno); Pv i.116 (id.); DhA
iii.156; iv.43. See also n!)a, n!)" & n!)ik!. -- âg!ra a house built of reeds S i.156; iv.185 (+ti*!g!ra); A
i.101 (+ti*!g!ra); Nd2 40d (id.), Miln 245; cp. Av- Index ii.228 (na.!g!ra); -- aggi a fire of reeds J vi.100
(˚va**a' pabbata'); -- kal!p" a bundle of r. S ii.114; -- k!ra a worker in reeds, basket -- maker; D i.51
(+pesak!ra & kumbhak!ra); J v.291; ThA 28; PvA 175 (+vil"vak!ra); DhA i.177; -- da*.aka a shaft of r. J
i.170; -- maya made of r. Vin ii.115; -- vana a thicket of reeds J iv.140; Miln 342; -- sannibha reedcoloured
J vi.537 (Com.: na)a -- puppha -- va**a rukkhasunakha); -- setu a bridge of reeds Sn 4.
Na)apin
Na)apin a water -- animal J vi.537.
Nal!&a
Nal!&a (nt.) [Ved. lal!&a=rar!&a; on n>l cp. nangala] the forehead S i.118; J iii.393; iv.417 (nal!&ena maccu'
!d!ya: by his forelock); Vism 185; DhA i.253.
-- 348 --
-- anta the side of the forehead J vi.331; -- ma*.ala the round of the f. D i.106; Sn p. 108.
Nal!&ik!
Nal!&ik! (f.) [Sk. lal!&ik!] "belonging to the forehead," a frown Vin ii.10 (nal!&ika' deti to give a frown).
Nalin"
Nalin" (f.) [Sk. nalin"] a pond J iv.90; Vism 84, 17.
Nava
Nava1 (num.) [Ved. navan, Idg. *ne9n!, cp. Lat. novem (*noven), Gr. e)nne/a, Goth. niun, Oir. n0in, E.
nine. Connection with nava2 likely because in counting by tetrads (octo=8 is a dual!) a new series begins
with No. 9] number nine. gen. -- dat. navanna' (Sn p. 87); instr. -- abl. navahi (VvA 76), loc. navasu.
Meaning and Application: The primitive -- Aryan importance of the "mystic" nine is not found in
Buddhism and can only be traced in Pali in folkloristic undercurrents (as fairy tales) & stereotype traditions
in which 9 appears as a number implying a higher trinity=32. 1. navabh(maka p!s!da (a palace 9 stories
high more freq. satta˚, 7) J i.58; nava -- hiraññako&"hi (w. 9 ko&is of gold) VvA 188; nava yojana DhA ii.65.
-- 2. navangabuddhas!sana "the 9 fold teaching of Buddha," i. e. the 9 divisions of the Buddh. Scriptures
according to their form or style, viz. sutta' geyya' veyy!kara*a' g!th! ud!na' itivuttaka' j!taka'
abbhutadhamma' vedalla' M i.133; A ii.103, 178; iii.86 sq., 177 sq.; Pug 43; Miln 344; Dpvs iv.15; PvA 2.
Cp. cha)anga. -- nava satt!v!s! "9 abodes of beings" Kh iv. (in exemplifying No. 9), viz. (see D
iii.263=KhA 86, 87 cp. also A iv.39 sq.) (1) manuss!, dev!, vinip!tik!; (2) Brahmak!yik! dev!; (3)
4bhassar!; (4) Subhaki*h!; (5) Asaññasatt!; (6) 4k!sanañcâyatana -- upag!; (7) Viññ!*anañcâyatana˚; (8)
4kiñcaññ!yatana˚; (9) Nevasaññâsaññâyatana˚. -- nava sot! (Sn 197) or nava dv!r! (VvA 76; v. l. mukh!)