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Navayika 187 Nikarana
S 1. 106 (eka-rukkhika) ; in. 155 -v. 51 =A iv.127 (samuddika
" a liner ") ; A :i.2co ; ni.368 : Sn 321, 770, 771 ;
Dh 369 (metaphor of the human body); J 1.239;
II. 1 12; III. 126; 188; IV. 2, 21, 138; V.75 (with " 5C0 "
passengers). 433; vi.160 ( = navya canal? or read
nalai) ?) ; Vv 6^ ( = pota VvA 42, with pop. etym. " satte
net! ti nava ti vuccati ") ; Pv 111.3' (=doni PvA 189)
Miln 261 (kg cubits long); Davs iv.42 ; PvA
47, 53;
Sdhp 321. In simile Vism 690.
-tittha a ferry J 111.230 ; -saiicarana (a place for) the
traffic of boats, a port Miln 359.
Navayika [Sk. navaja=Gr. vavriyoc, cp. Lat. navigo] a
mariner, sailor, skipper Miln 365.
Navika [Sk. navika] i. a sailor, mariner J 11. 103; iv.142;
Miln 359; Davs iv.43 (captain). — 2. a ferryman
J
ii.iii ; III. 230 (Avariya-pita.).
Navatika (adj.) [fr. navuti] 90 years old J in. 395 (°a itthi)
SnA 172.
Nasa [Sk. nlUa, see nassatij destruction, ruin, death J 1.3,
256; Sdhp 58, 319. Usuadly vi°, also adj. vinasaka.
Cp. panassati.
Nasana (nt.) [Sk. nasana] destruction, abandoning, expulsion,
in "antika (adj.) a bhikkbu who is under the
penalty of expulsion Vin 1.255.
Ifi8& (f.) [Vedic n&sk (du.) ; Lat. niris, Ohg. nasa, Ags.
nasu] I. the nose, Sn 198, 608. — 2. the trunk (of an
elephant) J v. 297
(naga'-uru) ; Sdhp 153.
-pu\a. " nose-cup " ; the outside of the nose, the
nostril J vi.74; Vism 195 (nasa°), 264 (nasa°, but KhA
67 nisa"), 283 (nasa°). -yata wind, i. e. breath from
the nostrils J 111.276.
NSsika (adj.) [cp. Sk. nisikya] belonging to the nose, nasal,
in °sota the nostril or nose (orig. " sense of smell ")
D 1. 106 ; Sn p. 108.
Nilitaka (adj.) [see n&sa & nSlseti] one who is ejected Vin
IV. 1 40 (of a bhikkhu).
RiMti [Sk. niUayati, Caus of nassati, q. v.] i. to destroy,
spoil, ruin; to kill J 1.59; 11. 105, 150; in. 279, 418.
2. to atone for a fault (with abl.) Vin 1.85, 86, 1 73 etc. —
Cp. vi°.
Hftha (nt.) [cp. nayhati, naddha] armour J 1.358 (sabba°sannaddha).
Cp. onaha.
Hi" [Sk. ni- & nih-, insep. prefixes: (a) ni down=Av. ni,
cp. Gr. vfioc lowland, vdaros the lowest, hindmost
Lat. nidus ('ni-zdos: place to sit down = nest); Ags.
neol, nider = E. nether; Goth. nidar = Ohg. nidar ; also
Sk. nica, nipa etc. — (b) nib out, prob. fr. 'seni & to
Lat. sine without]. Nearly all (ultimately prob. all)
words under this heading arc cpds. with the pref. ni. —
A. Forms. 1. Pali ni° combines the two prefixes ni &
nis (nir). They are outwardly to be distinguished
inasmuch as ni is usually followed by a single consonant
(except in forms where double cons, is usually restored
in composition, like ni-kkhipati = ni -f- ksip ; nissita =
n^-^ gri. Sometimes the double cons, is merely graphic
or due to analogy, esp. in words where ni- is contrasted
with ud- (" up "), as nikkujja> ukkujja, niggilati>
uggilati, ninnamati>unnamati). On the other hand a
comp" with nis is subject to the rules of assimilation,
viz. either doubling of cons. (nibbhoga = niK-bhoga)
where w is represented by bb (nibbii>na fr. nir-vindati),
or lengthening of ni to ni (niyadeti as well as niyy"
niharati=nir-|- har), or single cons, in the special cases
of r & (niroga besides niroga for nirroga, cp. duratta
>durakkha; nlvetheti = nibbetheti, nivareti = niwareti
= nlvareti). Before a vowel the sandhi-cons. r is
restored: nir-aya, nir-upadhi etc. — 2. Both ni & nis
are base-prefixes only, & of stable, well-defined character,
i. e. never enter comb'" with other prefixes as first
(modifying) components in verb-function (like sag, vi
etc.), although nis occurs in such comb" in noun-cpds.
negating the whole term : nir-upadhi, nis-sagsaya etc. —
3. ni is freq. emphasised by sag as sagni" (tud, dha,
pat, sad) ; nis most freq. by abhi as abhinis° (nam, pad,
vatt, har).
B. Meanings, i. ni (with secondary derivations like
nica " low ") is a verb-pref. only, i. e. it characterises
action with respect to its direction, which is that of
(a) a downward motion (opp. abhi & ud) ; (b) often
implying the aim ( = down into, on to. cp. Lat. sub in
subire, or pref. ad°) ; or (c) the reverting of an upward
motion = back (identical with b) ; e. g. (a) ni-dha (put
down). °kkhip (throw d.),°guh (hide d), "ci (heap up),
"pad (fall d.), "sad (sit d.) ; (b) ni-ratta (a/-tached to),
°mant (speak to) ; °yuj (ap-point), °ved (ad-dress), °sev
(be devoted to) etc. ; (c) ni-vatt (turn back). — 2. nis
(a) as verb-pref. it denotes the directional " out " with
further development to " away from, opposite, without,"
pointing out the finishing, completion or vanishing of
an action & through the latter idea often assuming the
meaning of the reverse, disappearance or contrary of an
action = " un " (Lat. dis-), e. g. nikkhamati (to go out
from) opp. pavisati (to enter into), °ccharati (nis to
car to go forth), "ddhamati (throw out), "pajjati (result
from), "bbattati (vatt spring out from), niharati (take
out), nirodhati (break up, destroy). — (b) as nounpref
. it denotes " being without " or " not having " =
E. -less, e. g. niccola without clothes, °ttanha (without
thirst), "ppurisa (without a man), "pphala (without
fruit) ; niccala motion-less, °kkaruija (heartless), °ddosa
(fault"), "magsa (flesh"), "sagsaya (doubt") nirattha
(useless), "bbhaya (fear"). — Bdhgh evidently takes
ni- in meaning of nis only, when defining ; ni-saddo
abhavag dipeti Vism 495.
Nikacca see nikati.
Nikattha (adj.) [cp. Sk. nikr;(a, ni-f kasati] brought down,
debased, low. As one kind of puggala (n-kaya-l- ncitta)
A 11.137. 'oc. nikatthe (adv.) near J- 111.438 =
ThA 105 (v. 33) (=santike J in. 438).
Nikawika (adj.) under (4) ears, secret, cp. catukkavaa
J III. 124; nt. adv. secretly Vin iv.270, 271.
Nikata (adj.) [Sk. nikrta. ni-(- karoti "done down"]
deceived, cheated M 1.5 11 ( -(- vaucita paladdha) ; S
IV. 307 (-(-vancita paluddha).
Nikati (f.) [Sk. nikrti, see prec.] fraud, deceit, cheating
D 1.5 ( = DA 1.80 patirupakena vailcanag) ; in. 176; Sn
242 ( = nirasag-karapag SnA 286); J 1.323; P^ 111.9*
(-)- vaiicana) ; Pug 19, 23, 58; VvA 114; PvA 211 (pajirQpadassanena
paresag vikaro). — instr. nikatiyS (metri
causa) J 1.223, nikatya J 11.183, nikacca S 1.24. Cp.
nekatika.
Nikanta (adj.) [Sk. nikrtta & nikrntita (cp. Divy 53/, 539),
ni-t- kantati'i cut, (ab-)razed M 1.364 (of a fleshless
bone).
Nikantati [Sk. ni-kn^tati, see kantati^ to cut down, to cut
up, cut off PvA 2 10 (pitthi-magsani the flesh of the
back, v. I. SS for ukkant") ; Pgdp 29.
Nikanti (f.) [Sk. nikanti, ni-(-kamati] desire, craving,
longing for, wish Th i. 20; Ps 11.72, 101; Dhs 1059,
1 136 ; Vism 239, 580 ; DhsA 369 ; DhA iv.63 ; DA i.i 10 ;
Davs in. 40.
Nikara [Sk. nikara, ni-l- karoti] a multitude Davs v.25
(jatipuppha").
Nikaraoa (f. or is it °ag ?)=nikati (fraud) Pug 19, 23 (as
syn. of maya).