The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

odies or bodily states (combd with or opp. to ekatta˚, n!natta -- saññin, & ekatta -- saññin), appl. to
manuss!, dev!, vinip!tik! (cp. nava sattâv!s!) A iv.39 sq.=Nd2 5702; D iii.253, 263, 282; -- saññ!
consciousness of diversity (Rh. D.: "idea of multiformity," Dial. ii.119; Mrs. Rh. D. "consciousness of the
manifold") M i.3; S iv.113 sq.; D iii.224, 262 sq., 282; A i.41, 267; ii.184; iii.306; Ps ii.172; Dhs 265 (cp.
trsl. p. 72); Vbh 342, 369; -- saññin having a varying consciousness (cp. ˚k!ya), D i.31 (cp. DA i.119) 183;
iii.263.
N!nattat!
N!nattat! (f.) [2nd abstr. to n!n!]=n!natta, diversity (of states of mind). Seven sorts at Vbh 425:
!ramma*a˚ manasik!ra˚ chanda˚ pa*idha˚ adhimokkha˚ abhin"h!ra˚ paññ!˚.
N!n!
N!n! (adv.) [Ved. n!n!, a redupl. n! (emphatic particle, see na1) "so and so," i. e. various, of all kinds]
variously, differently. 1. (abs.) A i.138 (on different sides, viz. right 1 285), 884 sq. -- 2. more frequently in
cpds., as first part of adj. or n. where it may be trsld as "different, divers, all kinds of" etc. Before a double
cons. the final ! is shortened: n!nagga (for n!n!+agga), n!nappak!ra etc. see below. -- agga ( -- rasa) all the
choicest delicacies J i.266 (˚bhojana, of food); vi.366; PvA 155 (˚dibbabhojana); -- âdhimuttikat! diversity
of dispositions DA i.44; Nett 98; -- !vudh! (pl.) various weapons J i.150; -- kara*a difference, diversity Vin
i.339 (sangha˚); M ii.128; cp. Divy 222; -- gotta of all kinds of descent Pv ii.916; -- citta of varying mind J
i.295 (itthiyo); -- jana all kinds
-- 350 --
of folk Sn 1102; Nd1 308 (puthu˚); -- titthiya of var. sects D iii.16 sq.; -- pakk!ra various, manifold J i.52
(saku*!), 127, 278 (phal!ni); DAi. 148 (!vudh!); PvA 50, 123, 135; -- ratta multi -- coloured Sn 287; J
vi.230; -- ras! (pl.) all kinds of dainties Pv ii.911; -- v!da difference of opinion D i.236; -- vidha divers,
various, motley PvA 53, 96, 113, and passim; -- sa'v!saka living in a different part, or living apart Vin
i.134 sq. (opp. sam!na˚), 321; ii.162.
N!bhi & N!bh"
N!bhi & N!bh" (f.) [Vedic n!bhi, n!bh"; Av. nab!; Gr. o)mfalo/s (navel); Lat. umbo & umbilicus; Oir.
imbliu (navel); Ags. nafu; Ohg. naba (nave), Ger. nabel= E. nave & navel] 1. the navel A iii.240; J i.238;
DA i.254 (where it is said that the Vess! (Vai$yas) have sprung from the navel of Brahm!). -- 2. the nave of
a wheel Vv 644 (pl. nabhyo & nabbho SS=n!bhiyo VvA 276); J i.64; iv.277; Miln 115.
N!ma
N!ma (nt.) [Vedic n!man, cp. Gr. o)/noma (a)n -- w/numos without name); Lat. nomen; Goth. nam0; Ags.
noma, Ohg. namo] name. -- 1. Literal. nom. n!ma' S i.39; Sn 808; J ii.131; Miln 27; acc. n!ma' PvA 145
(likhi: he wrote her name). -- n!ma' karoti to give a name Sn 344; Nd2 466 (n' eta' n!ma' m!tar! kata' on
"Bhagav!"); J i.203, 262 (w. double acc.). -- n!ma' ga*h!ti to call by name, to enumerate J iv.402; PvA 18
(v. l. BB n!mato g.). Definitions at Vin iv.6 (two kinds : h"na˚ & ukkat&ha˚) and at Vism 528
(=namanalakkha*a). -- 2. Specified. n!ma as metaphysical term is opposed to r(pa, & comprises the 4
immaterial factors of an individual (ar(pino khandh!, viz. vedan! saññ! sankh!ra viññ!*a; see khandha II.
Ba). These as the noëtic principle combd with the material principle make up the individual as it is
distinguished by "name & body" from other individuals. Thus n!mar(pa= individuality, individual being.
These two are inseparable (aññamaññûpanissit! ete dhamm!, ekato va uppajjanti Miln 49). S i.35 (yattha n.
ca r(pañ ca asesa' uparujjhati ta' te dhamma' idh' aññ!ya acchidu' bhavabandhana'); Sn 1036, 1100; Nd1
435=Nd2 339 (n!ma=catt!ro ar(pino khandh!); DhA iv.100 (on Dh 367): vedan!d"na' catunna'
r(pakkhandhassa c! ti pañcanna' khandh!na' vasena pavatta' n!mar(pa'; DhsA 52: n!mar(pa -- duke