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Hatta (nt.) [nomen agentis from jS.nati] the intellectual
faculty, intelligence Dh 72 (=DhA 11.73: j&nanasabhSva).
Natti (f.) [Sk. jiSapti, from jflSpayati, caus of jil&] announcement,
declaration, esp. as t. t. a motion or resolution
put at a kammavaca (proceedings at a meeting of the
chapter. The usual formula is " esa flatti ; sunatu me
bhante sangho " : Vin 1.340 ; 111.150, 173, 228; — °r)
thapeti to propose a resolution Vin iv.i52. — Vin V.142,
217 (na c' dpi natti nac a pana kammav&ca). This
resolution is also called a iiattikamma : Vin 11.89
IV. 152 ; V.I 16; A 1.99. Two kinds are distinguished,
viz. that at which the voting follows directly upon the
motion, i. e. a i5atti-dutiya-kamma, & that at which
the motion is put 3 times, & is then followed (as 4th
item) by the decision, i. e. a n-catuttha-kamraa. Both
kinds are discussed at Vin 1.56, 317 sq. ;
'• 11.89 in.156 ;
IV. 152 ; & passim. Cp. Divy 356: jiiapticaturtha.
Cp. ^natti, viiinatti.
Hatva etc. :
see j3nati.
N.
lli^a (nt.) [from janati. See also janana. *gene, as in
Gr. ycci mc (cp. gnostic), yvuifiy) ; Lat. (co)gnitio; Goth,
kun^i ; Ogh. kunst ; E. knowledge] knowledge, intelligence,
insight, conviction, recognition, opp. anina &
avijja, lack of k, or ignorance. — i . Ndva in the theory oj
cognition : it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with
terms of sight as cakkhu (eye) & das?\na (sight, view),
e. g. in cakkhu-karana nana-karana " opening our eyes
& thus producing knowledge " i. e. giving us the eye
of knowledge (a mental eye) (see cakkhu, j3.nati passati,
& cpd. "karapa) : Bhagava janag janati passar) passati
cakkhu-bhuto fiaria-bhuto ( = he is one perfected in
knowledge) M i.iii = Nd' 235"'; natthi hetu natthi
paccayo
dassanar)
iianaya dassaniya ahetu apaccayo iianai)'
hoti " through seeing & knowing," i. e. on
grounds of definite knowledge arises the sure conviction
that where there is no cause there is no consequence
S v. 126. Cp. also the relation of diffhi to fiana. This
implies, that all things visible are knowable as well as
that all our knowledge is based on empirical grounds
yavatakai) neyyai) tavatakag rianai) Nd^ 235'"" ; yai)
flapai) tar) dassanai), yar) dassanar) tar) fiapar) Vin
111.91 ; fiana-l- dassana (i. e. full vision) as one of the
characteristics of Arahantship : see arahant 11. D.
BSk. jrianadarsana, e. g. Av^ 1.2 10. — 2. Scope
Cp.
and
character of hana : ii. as faculty of understanding is
included in pafifla (cp. wisdom= perfected knowledge).
The latter .signifies the spiritual wisdom which embraces
the fundamental truths of morality & conviction (such
as aniccar) anatta dukkhai) : Miln 42); whereas ii. is
relative to common experience (see Nd* 235^ under
cakkhuma, & on ret. of p. & ii. Ps 1.59 sq. ; 118 sq. ;
n.189 sq.). — Perception (safina) is necessary to the
forming of riana, it precedes it (D 1.185) ; as sure knowledge
fi. is preferable to saddha (S iv.298) ; at Vin ni.91
the definition of ii. is given with tisso vijja (3 kinds of
knowledge); they are specified at Nd^ 266 as atjhasamapatti-fiana
(consisting in the 8 attainments, viz.
jhana & its 4 succeeding developments), parte' abhiiiiia"
(the 5 higher knowledges, sec pafina & abhi°), miccha"
(false k. or heresy). Three degrees of k. are distin-
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guished at DA l.icx), viz. savaka-parami-iiaija, paccekabuddha",
sabbaflfluta" (highest k. of a relig. student,
k. of a wise man, & omniscience). Four objects of k.
(as objects of truth or sammadifthi) are enum'' as
dhamme iiaijai), anvaye ii.. paricchede n., sammuti ri.
at D III. 226, 277; other four as dukkhe ii. (dukkha-)
samudaye ft., nirodhe fl., magge ii. (i. e. the knowledge
of the paticca-samuppada) at D 111.227; Ps 1.118;
Vbh 235 (=sammaditthi). Right knowledge (or truth)
is contrasted with false k. (miccha-iiana= micchaditthi)
: S v. 384 ; M 11.29 ; A 11.222 ; v. 327 ; Vbh 392. —
y. Nana in application: (a) Vin 1.35; D 11. 155 (opp.
pasada) ; S 1.129 (cittamhi susamahite iianamhi vuttamanamhi)
;
fl-vatthu) ;
11.60 (jStipaccaya jaramararian ti ii. : see
A 1.219 (on precedence of either samadhi
or a.) ; Sn 378. 789, 987 (muddhani iianar) tassa na
vijjati), 1078 (dijthi. suti. fl. : doctrine, revelation,
personal knowledge, i. e. intelligence ; differently expl.
at Nd^ 266), 1113; Pv 111.5I (Sugatassa ii. is asadhara-
306 sq. (fl-vibhanga),
riai)) Ps 1.194 sq. ; 11.244 ; Vbh
328 sq. (kammassakatar) n.) ; Nett 15 sq. ; 161 (-1- fieyya),
191 (id.). — (b) fianai] hoti or uppajjati knowledge
comes to (him) i. e. to reason, to arrive at a conclusion
(with iti=^that . . .) S 11.124 = 111.28 (uppajjati);
D 111.278 (id.) ; A n.2ii?« ; iv.75 ; v.igs ; S 111.154. See
also aiahant 11. D. — (c) Var. attributes of fi. : anuttariya
A v. 37; aparapaccaya (k. of the non-effect of
causation through lack of cause) S 11.17. 78; in. 135;
V.I 79, 422 sq. ( = sammaditthi), same as ahetu-riana
S v.i2b: asadharana (incomparable, uncommon k.)
A 111.441 ; PvA 197 ; akuppa D III. 273 ; ariya A 111.451 ;
pariyodata S 1. 198; bhiyyosomatta S 111.112; yatha
bhutai]
etc.) S
(proper, definite, right k.) (concerning kaya,
v. 144; A III. 420 ; v. 37. — (d) knowledge of,
about or concerning, consisting in or belonging to, is
expressed either by loc. or -° (equal to subj. or obj. gen.).
— (u) with loc: anuppade n. D 111.214. 274; anvaye
D 111.226. 277; kaye D 111.274; khaye D 111.214, 220
(asavanar) ; cp. M 1.23, 183. 348; 11.38), 275; S 11.30;
Nett 15; cutupapate D 111. iii, 220; dukkhe (etc.)
D nil. 227 ; S II. 4 ; v. 8, 430 ; dhamme D 111.226 ; S n.58 ;
nibbane S 11. 124 (cp. iv.86). {fl) as -° : anavararia'
DA 1. 100; ariya S 1.228; A in. 451 ; khanti Ps 1.106;
jatissara J 1.167; cutfipapata M 1.22, 183, 347; 11.38,
etc.; ceto-pariya D in. 100, & "pariyaya S v. 160;
dibbacakkhu Ps 1.114; dhammatthitt S 11.60, 124;
Ps 1.50; nibbida Ps 1.195 ; pubbe-nivas4nusati
248, 347;
M 1.22,
II. 38, etc.; Buddha" Nd^ 235^; Ps 1.133;
II. 31, 195; DA 1. 100; sabbaiiuuta Ps 1.131 sq. ; DA
197; sekha S n.43, 58, 80, & iisekha
1.99 sq. ; PvA
S HI. 83. — (e) afinaria wrong k., false view, ignorance,
untruth S 1.181 ; 11.92; in. 258 sq. ; v.126; A ii.ii;
Sn 347, 839; Ps 1.80; Pug 21; Dhs 390, 106 1 ; see
avijja & micchaditthi.
-indriya the faculty of cognition or understanding
Dhs 157; -upapanna endowed with k. Sn 1077 (=Nd*
266'' "upeta) ; -karana (adj.) giving (right) understanding,
enlightening, in comb" w. cakkhukarapa
(giving (in)-sight, cp. " your eyes shall be opened and
ye shall be knowing good and evil " Gen. 3') : kusalavitakka
anandha-kararia cakkhu" fiapa" It 82 ; f. -i (of
majjhima-patipada) S iv.33i ; -cakkhu the eye of k.
PvA 166 ; -jala the net of k.. in phrase nariajalas.sa anto