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Na' [Sk. na (in cana) & na (in nana, vi-na) Idg. pron. base
*no, cp. Gr
ugo-ne I* in
vi'/, j-ai ; Lat. ne, nae surely, also end. in
question utrumne, nam ; fuller form •eno,
as in Sk. ana (adv.) ancna, anaya (instr. pron. 3rd)
Gr. ii'i; " that day " ; Lat. enim] expletive-emphatic
particle, often used in comparative-indefinite sense
just so, like this, as if, as (see cana & canarj) J v.339
(Com. ettha na-karo upamane). Also as nag (cp. cana>
canar)) Vin 11.81, 186 (kathag nar|=kathar) nu) ; J
11.416; v.302 ; VI. 213 (Com. p. 216: ettha eko na-karo
pucchanattho hoti) ; Th i, 1204 ; Miln 177. Perhaps at
Sn 148 (kattha-ci nag, v. 1. BBna; but Com. KhA247 =
ctag). To this na belongs na' ; see also nu & nanu.
Na'" [Ved. na = Idg. *ne ; Lat. ne in n' unquam etc., Goth,
ni ; Sk. na ca = Lat. neque = Goth. nih. Also Sk. na =
Idg. *ue, cp. Lat. Goth, ne]
particle "not" (Nd^ 326:
negative &
palikkhepa ;
adversative
KhA 170:
patisedhe) i . often apostr. n' : n' atthi. n' etag etc. ; or
contracted: nahag, napi etc., or with euphonic conso-
nant y: nayidag (It 29, J
IV.3), nayidha (It 36, 37),
nayimag (It 15) etc. As double negation implying
emphatic allirmation : na kiuci na all, everything
J 1.295. '^- In disjunctive clauses: na . . . na
neither—nor, so—or not so. In question : karoti na
karoti ("or not") J 11.133. Cp. ma in same use.
Often with added pi (api) in second part : na-napi
neither—nor (" not—but also not ") S 11.65 ; M i. 246 ;
Pv i.ii". — -3. In syntactic context mostly emphasized
by var. negative i.\: adversative particles, viz. napi (see
under2);n' eva indeed not, not for all that J m.55; or not
KhA 219; n' eva-na neither—nor D 1.33, 35 ; M 1.4S6
A V.193; J 1-U7. -79; Vin 11185; DhA 1.328; 11.65;
DA 1.186, 188 ; n' eva-na pana id. D 1.24 ; na kho not
indeed J u.134 ; na ca but not ( = this rather than that)
J 1.153; na tava = na kho Vv 37*''; na nu (in quest;. =
nounc) is it not ? PvA 74, 136 ; na no surely not Sn 224 ;
na hi [cp. Gr. olixi not at all ; vaixt certainly] certainly
not Dh 5, 184 ; Sn 660 ; Kh vu.O ; na hi jatu id. Sn 152.
— See also' nu, nu, no. — 4, na is also used in the
function of the negative prefix a- (an-) in cases where
the word-negation was isolated out of a sentence negation
or where a negated verb was substantilied, e. g.
(a) nacira (=acira) short, napparupa abundant, napugsaka
neuter, neka ( = aneka) several; (b) nattbi, natthika
etc. (q. v.).
Na^ [identical with na'J base of demonstr. pron. 3rd pers.
( - ta"), only in foil, cases : ace. sg. nag (mostly enclit' ;).
fuller form enag him, her, that one etc. Sn 139, 201. 385,
418, 980, 1076 ; It 32 ; Dh 42, 230 ; J 1.152, 172, 222 ;
111.281 ; KhA 220 ; DhA 1.181 ; 111.173 ; PvA 3, 68, 73.
— nom. ace. pi. ne them It 1 10 (v. 1. te) ; Sn 223 ( = te
manusse KhA 169); J 11.417; 111.204; v.458 ; DhA 1.8,
13. 61, 101. 390; VvA 299. — gen. dat. pi. nesai)
D 1.175, 191 ; It 63 ; J 1.153 ; OtA iv.41 ; VvA 37, 136,;
l^A 54, 201, 207. See also ena; cp. nava-.
Nakula [Ved. nakula, cp. nakra crocodile] a mungoose,
Viverra Ichneumon A v. 289 sq. ; J 11.53 : vi.538 ; Miln
118, 394.
Nakkhatta (nt.) [Ved. naksatra collect, formation from
naktit^ & nakta=Gr. vvK, Lat. nox, Goth, nahts, E.
N.
180
night = the nightly sky, the heavenly bodies of the night,
as opposed to the Sun : adicco tapatag mukhag Vin
1.246] the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the
moon with difi. constellatiyns, a lunar mansion or the
constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as
Names of months & determinant factors of horoscopic
and other astrological observation ; further a celebration
of the beginning of a new month, hence any kind
of festival or festivity. — The recognised number of
such lunar mansions is 27, the names of which as given
in Sk. sources are the same in Pali, with the exception
of 2 variations (Assayuja for Asvini, Satabhisaja for
&itataraka). Enum'' at Abhp. 58-60 as follows
Assayuja [Sk. Asvini] Bharani, Kattika, Kohii.il, Magasirag
[Sk. Mrga^irsa] Adda [Sk. Ardra], I'unabbasu,
Phussa [Sk. Pusya], Asilesa, Magha, Pubba-phagguni
[Sk. Purva-phaiguni) Uttara°, Hattha, Citta [Sk.
Chaitra], Sati [Svati], Visakha, Anuradha, Jettha,
Mulag, Pubb-asalha ['asadha], Uttar°, Savana, Dhanittha,
Satabhisaja [ Satataraka] , Pubba-bhaddapada,
Uttara", Revati. — It is to be pointed out that the
Niddesa speaks of 28 N. instead of 27 (Nd^ 382 : atthavisati
nakkhattani), a discrepancy which may be
accounted by the fact that one N. (the Orion) bore 2
names, viz. Mrgaslrsa & Agrahayani (see Plunkett,
Ancient Calendars etc. p. 227 sq). — Some of these
Ns. are more familiar & important than others, & are
mentioned more frequently, e. g. Asajha (Asdlhi^) J
1.50 & Uttarasalha J 1.63, 82 ; Kattika & Rohini SnA
456. — nakkhattag adisati to augur from the stars, to
set the horoscope Nd' 382 ;
oloketi to read the stars,
to scan the constellations J i.io8, 253 ; ghoseti to proclaim
(shout out) the new month (cp. Lat. calandae
f r. calare to call out, scil. mensem), and thereby announce
the festivity to be celebrated J 1.250 ; n. ghuttha-g
J 15". 433; sagghulthag PvA 73; ghositag VvA 31;
kilati to celebrate a (nakkhatta-) festival J 1.50, 250 ;
VvA 63 ; DhA 1.393 (cp. °kila below). n. ositag the
festival at an end J 1.433. — nakkhatta (sg.) a constellation
Sn 927; collect, the stars Vv Si' (cando nparivarito).
nakkhattani (pi.) the stars: nakkhattanag
mukhag chando (the moon is the most prominent of
the lights of night) Th 11.143; Vin i.246=;Sn 569 (but
candayogavasena " ajja kattika,
cp. expl. at SnA 456 :
ajja Kohiiji " ti pafinanato alokakaranato sommabhavato
ca nakkhattanag mukhag cando ti vutto) ; D i.io
(nakkhattanag pathagamanag & uppatha-gamanag a
right or wrong course, i. e. a straight ascension or
deviation of the stars or planets) ; 11.259 ; 111.85, 9° '
A iv.86 ; Th 2, 143 (nakkhattani namaissanta bala).
-kijana = kila DhA 111.46 1 ; -kila the celebration of a
festival, making merry, taking a holiday J 1.50 ; ThA
1 37 ; VvA 109 ; -ggaha the seizure of a star (by a demon :
see gaha), the disappearance of a planet (transit ?) D 1. 10
(expl. at DA 1.95 as nakkhattasa angarakadi-gahasamcLyoga)
; -patha " the course of the stars," i. e. the
nocturnal sky Dh 208 ; -pada a constellation Vin 11.2 17 ;
-pafhaka an astrologer, soothsayer, augur Nd' 382
-pl]ana the failing or obscuration of a star (as a sign of
death in horoscopy) DhA 1.166; — mala a garland of
stars VvA 167 ; -foga a conjunction of the planets, a
constellation in its meaning for the horoscope J 1.82