The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

9 openings of the body, viz. (SnA 248) 2 eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, anus & urethra (cp. S.B.E. 39, 180; 40,
259 sq.). -- nava vitakk! 9 thoughts Nd2 269 (q. v.). -- 3. a trace of the week of 9 days is to be found in the
expression "navuti -- vassasatasahass -- !yuk!" giving the age of a divinity as 9 million years (=a divine
week) VvA 345. -- Cp. navuti.
Nava
Nava2 (adj.) [Ved. nava, Idg. *ne9n! (cp. nava1)=Lat. novus, Gr. ne/os (*ne/ vos), Lith. navas; Goth. niujis
etc.=E. new; also Sk. navya=Gr. nei_os, Lat. Novius. May be related to na3] 1. new, fresh; unsoiled, clean;
of late, lately acquired or practised (opp. pubba & pur!*a). Often syn. with taru*a. Sn 28, 235 (opp.
pur!*a'), 944 (id.), 913 (opp. pubba); Pv i.92 (of clothes=costly); J iv.201 (opp. pur!*a); Miln 132 (salila
fresh water). -- 2. young, unexperienced, newly initiated; a novice Vin i.47 (nav! bhikkh( the younger bhs.,
opp. ther!); S i.9 (+acira -- pabbajita); ii.218; Sn p. 93 (Gotamo navo pabbajj!ya "a novice in the
Wanderer's life"); DhA i.92 (bhikkhu). -- kamma building new, making repairs, "doing up," mending Vin
ii.119, 159; iii.81; J i.92; iv.378; Nd2 385; -- kammika an expert in making repairs or in building, a builder
(cp. va..haki) Vin ii.15; iv.211; -- ghata fresh ghee J ii.433 (v. l. ˚sappi).
Navaka
Navaka (adj. -- n.) [Sk. navaka] young; a young man, a newly ordained bhikkhu (opp. thera), novice (cp.
Divy 404) J i.33 (sangha˚); PvA 76 (id.). -- Freq. in compar. navakatara a younger one, or the youngest
(opp. theratara) D ii.154; J i.218; Miln 24.
Navan"ta
Navan"ta (nt.) & non"ta [cp. Ved. navan"ta] fresh butter Vin i.244 (cp. gorasa); D i.201; M iii.141; Pv iii.55
(non"ta); Pug 69, 70; Miln 41, Dhs 646, 740; DhA i.417; PvA 199.
Navama
Navama (num. ord.) [Sk. navama=Oir. n0mad; cp. Lat. nonus; Gr. e)/natos, Goth. niunda with diff. superl.
suffixes] the ninth Sn 109; f. ˚" VvA 72.
Naviya
Naviya (adj.) [Sk. navya, either grd. of navate to praise; or=nava, q. v.] praiseworthy Miln 389.
Navuti
Navuti (num.) [Ved. navati] number ninety VvA 345 & in compn eka˚ 91 D ii.2 (i. e. 92 minus 1; in expr.
ekanavuto kappo, v. l. ekanavuti kappe); dv!˚ 92 (see dvi A II. & B III.); PvA 19, 21; a&&h!˚ 98; Sn 311
(diseases sprung fr. orig. 3).
Navutiya
Navutiya (adj.) worth ninety J v.485. Cp. n!vutika.
Nassati
Nassati (v. intr.) [Ved. na!; na!yati & na!ati, cp. Gr. ne/kus, nekro/s (corpse), ne/ktar ("overcoming death"
=nec+tr!, cp. tarati); Lat. neco, noceo, noxius] to perish, to be lost or destroyed, to disappear, come to an end
Sn 666 (na hi nassati kassaci kamma'); It 90; J i.81, 116, 150; pret. nassa' (prohib.) Sn 1120, pl. anass!ma