The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nah!min
Nah!min (adj. -- n.) [=nah!paka; Kern, Toev. asks: should it be nah!pin?] a barber, a low -- class individual
Pv iii.114 (=kappaka -- j!tika PvA 176).
Nah!yati
Nah!yati (rarely nh!yati) [Ved. sn!ti & sn!yati, sn!=Gr. nh/xw (to swim), naro/ s, *nhreu/s (Nereid),
nh_sos (island); Lat. nare (to swim); cp. also Sk. snauti, Gr. na/w, ne/w; Goth. sniwan] to bathe (trs. &
intr.), to wash, to perform an ablution (esp. at the end of religious studentship or after the lapse of a
lustrative period) Vin ii.280;
-- 349 --
J i.265; vi.336; PvA 93. ppr. nah!yanto (PvA 83) & nah!yam!na (Vin ii.105); inf. nah!yitu' (Vin i.47; PvA
144); ger. nah!yitv! (J i.50; vi.367; PvA 42) & nah!tv! (J i.265; iii.277; DhA iii.88; PvA 23, 62) (after
mourning), 82; grd. nah!yitabba (Vin ii.220, 280).
Nah!ru & Nh!ru
Nah!ru & Nh!ru [Sk. sn!yu, Idg. *sn/ to sew, cp. Gr. ne/w, nh/qw, nh_ma (thread); Ohg. n!jan; also Gr.
neu_ron (=Lat. nervus); Ags. sinu (=sinew); Ohg. senawa; Goth. nepla=Ags. n!/dl (=needle); Oir. sn!tha
(thread); Ohg. snuor (cord)=Ags. sn0d] sinew, tendon, muscle. In the anatomy of the body n. occupies the
place between ma'sa (flesh, soft flesh) & a&&hi (bone), as is seen from ster. sequence chavi, camma, ma'sa,
nah!ru, a&&hi, a&&hi -- miñja (e. g. at Vin i.25; J iii.84). See also defn in detail at SnA 246 sq. & KhA 47.
Vin i.25 (nh˚); M i.429 (used for bow strings); A i.50; iii.324; iv.47 sq. (˚daddula), 129; Kh 111.; Sn 194
(a&&hi˚) Nd2 97 (nh˚); DhA iii.118; ThA 257 (nh˚); PvA 68 (a&&hi -- camma˚), 80 (camma -- ma'sa˚); Sdhp
46, 103.
Nahuta
Nahuta (nt.) [Sk. nayuta (m. pl.) of unknown etym. Is it the same as navuti? The corresponding v>y>h is
frequent, as to meaning cp. nava 3] a vast number, a myriad Sn 677; J i.25, 83; Pv iv.17; DhA i.88; PvA 22,
265.
N!ga
N!ga [Ved. n!ga; etym. of 1. perhaps fr. *snagh=Ags. snaca (snake) & snaegl (snail); of 2 uncertain,
perhaps a Non -- Aryan word distorted by popular analogy to n!ga1] 1. a serpent or N!ga demon, playing a
prominent part in Buddh. fairy -- tales, gifted with miraculous powers & great strength. They often act as
fairies & are classed with other divinities (see devat!), with whom they are sometimes friendly, sometimes
at enmity (as with the Garu)as) D i.54; S iii.240 sq.; v.47, 63; Bu. i.30 (d"gh!yuk! mahiddhik!); Miln 23.
Often with supa**! (Garu)as); J i.64; DhA ii.4; PvA 272. Descriptions e. g. at DhA iii.231, 242 sq.; see also
cpds. -- 2. an elephant, esp. a strong, stately animal (thus in combn hatthi -- n!ga characterising "a N!ga
elephant") & freq. as symbol of strength & endurance ("heroic"). Thus Ep. of the Buddha & of Arahants.
Popular etymologies of n. are based on the excellency of this animal (!gu' na karoti=he is faultless, etc.):
see Nd1 201=Nd2 337; Th 1, 693; PvA 57. -- (a) the animal D i.49; S i.16; ii.217, 222; iii.85; v.351; A
ii.116; iii.156 sq.; Sn 543; Vv 55 (=hatthin!ga VvA 37); Pv i.113. mah!˚ A iv.107, 110. -- (b) fig.= hero or
saint: S ii.277; iii.83; M i.151, 386; Dh 320; Sn 29, 53, 166, 421, 518. Of the Buddha: Sn 522, 845, 1058,
1101; Miln 346 (Buddha˚). -- 3. The N!ga -- tree (now called "iron -- wood tree," the P. meaning "fairy
tree"), noted for its hard wood & great masses of red flowers (=Sk. n!gakesara, mesua ferrea Lin.): see
cpds. ˚rukkha, ˚puppha, ˚lat!. -- âpalokita "elephant -- look" (turning the whole body), a mark of the
Buddhas M i.337; cp. BSk. n!gâvalokita Divy 208; -- danta an ivory peg or pin, also used as a hook on a