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Napurjsaka 183 Nalata
Napnosaka (aUj.) [Ved. napui)saka = na+pui)s " not-
male "] of no sex; lit. Vism 548. ; 553 ThA 260 ; Vbh
417 ; in gram, of the neuter gender Kacc. 50 ; PvA 266
(is reading correct ?)
Nabha (nt.) & Nabhas (in oblique cases) [Sk. nabhas
Gr. I'f^ot & vf^fXij, Lat. nebula. Oir. nel, Ags. nifol
(darkness), Ohg. nebul. See also abbha] mist, vapour,
clouds, sky A 1.242 ; 11.50 (nabha) . 111.240 . Sn 687
(nabhasi-gama, of the moon); Vv 32', 35' (=3kasa
VvA i6t), 53< (id. 236), 63" (id. 268); PvA 65; Mhvs
vii.g (nabhasa instr.).
Habbho = nabhiyo, nom. pi. of nabhi (q. v.),
Hamataka (nt,) [word & etym. doubtful ; cp. nantaka
& Bdhgh. Vin 11.317: matakan (sic) ti satthakavedhanakai]
( = vethanakar)) pilotikakhandar;] a piece
of cloth Vin ii.ris (satthaka), 123, 267 (°r) dhareti).
Namati [Ved. namati. Idg. •nemto bend ;
also to share out,
cp. Gr. viftui, Goth, niman=Ger. nehmen. See cognates
in Walde loc. clt. under nemus] to bend, bend
down (trs. & instr.) direct, apply S 1.137 (cittai))
Sn 806; 1. J 61 (aor, nami, cittag). — Caus. nameti (not
nameti, Fsb. to Sn 1143 namenti, which is to be corrected
to n' ipenti) to bend, to wield Dh 80 = 145 (namayati).
As nameti at J vi.349. pp. namita (q. v.).
Namana (nt.) [a philosophical term constructed by Bdhgh,
from nama, cp. ruppana—rupa] naming, giving a
name KhA 78 ; DhsA 52 (see nama') ; Vism 528.
Hamana (f.) [abstr. to namati, cp, Sk. namana nt.] bent,
application, industry Vbh 352.
Namassati [Ved. namasyati, Denom. fr. namo] to pay
honour to. to venerate, honour, do homage to (often
with pafljalika & afljalii) katva) Sn 236, 485. 598, 1058.
1063; Nd' 334; J 111.83; Pv Ii.i2'»; lOiA 196; pot.
namasseyya It 1 10 ; Dh 392, ist pi, namassemu Sn 995 ;
; namassanto SnA 565, &
ppr. namassar) Sn 344, 934
(usually) namassamana Sn 192. 1142; Nd' 4C0 ; J
11.73 ; VvA 7. — aor. namassigsii Sn 287. — ger. namas*
sitva J I.I, — grd. (as adj.) namassaniya (venerable),
Miln 278.
Namassana (nt.) (?) veneration J I.I.
Namauiya (namassa) (f.) [Sk. namasy^] worship, veneration
Miln 140.
Namita [pp. nameti] bent on. disposed to (-°), able or
capable of J in. 392 (pabbajjJya-naroita-citta) ; Miln 308
(phalabhara°).
Namo (nt.) & Nama (nt.) [Ved. namas, cp. Av. namo prayer
Gr. v€/iot, Lat. nemus (see namati)] homage, veneration,
esp. used as an exclamation of adoration at the
beginning of a book (namo tassa P.hagavato Arahato
Sammasambuddhzissa) Sn 540, 544 ; PvA i, 67.
Namaci (Np.) a name of M&ra.
Naya (adj.-n.) [from nayati. to lead, see neti] " leading "
;
usually m: way (fig), method, plan, manner; inference
; sense, meaning (in grammar) ; behaviour, conduct
A 11.193 -Nd^ 151 (°hetu through inference); Nett 2
(method), 4 (id.). 7, 113; Miln 316 (nayena = nayahctu)
: KhA 74; VvA 112 (sense, context, sentence);
PvA 1 (ways or conduct), 1
1 7 (meaning), 126 (id.). 136,
280. — nayaij neti to draw a conclusion, apply an
inference, judge, behave S ii.58 = Vbh 329; J iv.241
(anayar) nayati dummedho : draws a wrong conclusion)
PvA 227 (-(-anurainati). — With °adi° N. has the
function of continuing or completing the context —
" and similarly," c. g. "adinaya-pavatta dealing with
this & the following VvA 2 ; , . , ti idina nayena thus
& similarly, iV so forth J 1.8 1 ; PvA 30. — Instr. nayena
(-") as adv. in the way of, as, according(ly) : 5gata°
according to what has been shown or said in . . .
J 1.59 ; VvA 3 ; PvA 280 ; purima" as before J 1.59
I V.I 40; vutta° as said (above) (cp. vutta-niyamena)
PvA 13, 29, 36, 71, 92 etc. — sunaya a sound judgment
J IV.241 ; dunnaya a wrong principle, method or
judgment, or as adj. : wrongly inferred, hard to be
understood, unintelligible A 111.178 = Nett 21 ; J iv.241.
Nayati see neti.
Nayana (nt.) [Sk. nayana, to nayati =the leader cp. also
netra = P. netta] the eye Th 2, 381 ; Vv 35^ ; Dhs 597
Vbh 71 sq. ; Miln 365 ; ThA 255 ; VvA i6i ( = cakkhu);
PvA 40 (nettani nayanani), 152 ; Sdhp
448, 621.
Nayhati [Ved. nahyati, Idg. *nedh as in Lat. nodus & Ved.
nahu] to tie, bind ; only in comp. with prep, as upanayhati
(cp. up^LhanJ sandal), pilandhati etc. ^ pp.
naddha (q. v.). See also nandhi, naha ; onayhati,
unnahani, pi|ayhati.
Nayhana (nt.) [Sk. nahana] tying, binding ;
DhA IV. 161,
bond,
fetter
Nara [Ved. nara, cp. nrtu ; Idg. *ner to be strong or valiant
=Gr. aviip, dy-ijcwp (valiant), ^pui// {*viiii^) ; Lat.
neriosus (muscular), Nero (Sabinian, cp. Oscan ner —
Lat. vir) ;
Oir, nert] man (in poetry esp, a brave, strong,
heroic man), pi. either " men " or " people " (the
latter e. g. at Sn 776, 1082; Pv i.ii"). — A 1.13^;
11.5; 111.53 ; Sn 39. 96, 116, 329, 591, 676, 865 etc.;
Dh 47, 48, 262, 309, 341 ; J III. 295 ; Nd' i2=Nd^ 335
(definition) ; VvA 42 (popular etymology : narati neti ti
naro puriso, i. e. a " leading " man) : PvA i i6 = Dh 125.
-Adhama vilest of men Sn 246 ;
-Asabha " man bull,"
i. e. lord of men Sn 684, 696 ; -inda " man lord," i. c.
king Sn 836 ; J 1.151 ; -uttama best of men (Ep. of the
Buddha) S 1.23; D 111.147; Sn 1021; -deva god-man
or man-god (pi.) gods, also Ep. of the B. " '.'
king of men
5 1.5 ; Pv IV. 3" ; -nari (pi.) men & women, appl. to male
6 female angelic servants (of the Vakkhas) Vv 32*, 33',
53*; Pv II. 11'; -vira a hero (?), a skilled man (?) Th 1,
736 (naravirakata " by human skill & wit " Mrs, Rh.
D.), -sJha lion of man J 1.89.
Naraka [Sk. naraka ; etym. doubtful, problematic whether
to Gr. vipnpot (=inferus). Ags. nord = north as region
of the underworld] i. a pit D 1.234 Th I 1. 869 ; J iv.2fi8
(°av5ta PvA 225). — 2. a name for Niraya. i. e. purgatory
; a place of torment for the deceased (see niraya
& cp. list of narakas at Divy 67) S 1.209 ; Sn 706 ; PvA
52 ; Sdhp 492 (sagsiraghora"), 612.
-angara the ashes of purgatory Sdhp 32.
Narada (nt.) [Sk. nalada, Gr. vapfoc, of Semitic origin,
cp. Hebr. nird] nard, ointment J vi.537.
Nala & Naja [Ved. na