1. (mfn.) of a dark color, esp. dark blue,
2. (n.) a blue-green substance or dye or mineral; blue-black; dark green; blue-green.

adjective dark-blue, blue-black blue-green. Nīla serves as a general term to designate the “coloured-black,” as opposed to the “colouredwhite” (pīta yellow), which pairs (nīla-pīta) are both set …

nest (verse 92): see niḍḍha: cp. ˚pacchi bird cage Ja.ii.361; roga˚ Iti.37; vadharoga˚ Thag.1093.

Vedic nīḍa

A park in Pāṭaliputta. It was evidently the residence of monks from very early times, probably, for some time, of the Buddha himself. The Mahāvagga Vin.i.300 mentions the names of several theras who l …

A Thera mentioned as staying at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta. Vin.i.300

abhinīla-m-āyata

mfn. very black and long.

with very dark eyes.

air; wind.

(of honey) pure

(of honey) pure

dark substance or dye, probably copper sulphate, blue vitriol

of nillaccheti

castrates; marks.

of nillaccheti castrated

the blue-green class of beings.

blue-necked; a peacock.

1. (mfn.) of a dark color, esp. dark-blue, blue-black; dark green; blue-green.
2. (n.) a dark blue, blue-black dye.

meditation based on (something) dark blue; a dark blue meditation object; (the jhana) which is or is brought about by meditation based on (something) dark blue.

with dark-blue straps.

of dark-blue appearance or luster.

with dark-blue straps.

A (dense & dark) cloud, a cloudy mass AN.ii.53; Vin.ii.295 = Mil.273 in list of to things that obscure moon- & sunshine, viz.; abbhaṃ mahikā (mahiyā A) dhūmarajo (megho Miln), Rāhu. This list i …

Abhi-

I. Meaning

1. The primary meaning of abhi is that of taking possession and mastering, as contained in E. coming by and over-coming, thus literally having the function of facing …

adjective hanging down Ja.v.407 (nīladuma˚).

pp. of abhilambati

adjective very black, deep black, only with ref. to the eyes, in phrase -netta with deep-black eyes DN.ii.18; DN.iii.144, DN.iii.167 sq. [cp. Sp. Avs.i.367 Avs.i.370 abhinīla-padma-netra]; Thig. …

wind Ja.iv.119 (˚patha air, sky); Mil.181; Vv-a.237; Sdhp.594.

from an, cp. Sk. aniti to breathe, cp. Gr. α ̓́νεμος wind; Lat. animus breath, soul, mind

Asita¹

having eaten, eating; (nt.) that which is eaten or enjoyed, food MN.i.57; AN.iii.30, AN.iii.32 (˚pīta-khāyita etc.); Pv-a.25 (id.); Ja.vi.555 ˚(āsana having enjoyed one’s food, sa …

eyebrow Ja.vi.476 (ṭhita˚), Ja.vi.482 (nīla˚).

secondary formation after bhamuka

scion, offspring Vin.iii.18
■ nīla˚; a waterplant Vin.iii.276 (C. on Vin.iii.177). Bijati & Bijani

fr. bīja

adjective

1. green, pale(-green), yellowish. It is explained by Dhpāla as nīla (e.g. Vv-a.197; Pv-a.158), and its connotation is not fixed
   ■ Vin.i.137; DN.i.148; SN.i.5; Ja. …

sapphire Ja.i.80; Mil.118; Vv-a.111 (+ mahānīla).

inda + nīla “Indra’s blue”

adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …

Kasiṇa¹

adjective entire, whole Ja.iv.111, Ja.iv.112.

Vedic kṛtsna

Kasiṇa²

neuter one of the aids to kammaṭṭhāna, the practice by means of which myst …

…cp. J. trsl. ii.122

• -nīḷa a crow’s nest Ja.ii.365;
• -paññā “crow -wisdom, i.e….

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

adjective black, stained; in enumeration of colours at Dhs.617 (of rūpa) with nīla, pītaka, lohitaka odāta, k˚, mañjeṭṭha; of a robe AN.ii.241; f. kāḷikā Vv-a.103
■ (nt.) a black spot, a stain, als …

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

fly MN.iii.148; Mnd.484; Ja.ii.275 (nīla˚); Ja.iii.263 (pingala gadfly), Ja.iii.402; Snp-a.33 (pingala˚), Snp-a.572 (id.); Dhp-a.iv.58 Sdhp.396, Sdhp.529.

cp. Vedic makṣika & makṣikā

couch, bed Vin.iv.39, Vin.iv.40 (where 4 kinds are mentioned which also apply to the defⁿ of pīṭha, viz. masāraka bundikābaddha, kuḷīra-pādaka, āhacca-pādaka; same def< …

adjective light (bright) red, crimson, usually enumerated in set of 5 principal colours with nīla, pīta, lohitaka, odāta; e.g. at Vin.i.25; SN.ii.101 (f. mañjeṭṭhā); Vv.22#1 (Hardy in T. reads mañjaṭṭ …

adjective crimson, bright red, fig. shining Vv.39#1 (cp. defⁿ at Vv-a.177: like the tree Vitex negundo, sindhavāra, or the colour of the Kaṇavīra-bud; same defⁿ at Dhs-a.317, …

1. a gem, jewel. At several places one may interpret as “crystal.” DN.i.7 (as ornament); Dhp.161; Ja.vi.265 (agghiya, precious). In simile at DN.i.76 (maṇi veḷuriyo). On maṇi in similes see J.P.T.S. …

kind of tree Vism.313.

cp. *Sk. maṇila dewlap?

“pointing at” evidence, example, comparison, apposition, attribute characteristic; sign, term DN.i.223 (a˚ with no attribute), DN.iii.217 (id.); SN.iv.370 (id.); AN.iv.305 sq. (nīla˚, pīta etc.); Snp. …

dwelling, habitation, lair, nest Ja.iii.454.

fr. ni + lī

adjective noun one who marks cattle, i.e. one who castrates or deprives of virility Ja.iv.364 (spelt tilañchaka in text, but right in variant reading), explained as “tisūlâdi- …

settling place, hiding-place, refuge Ja.v.102 (so read for nillenaka explained by nilīyanaṭṭhāna p. 103).

cp. Sk. nilayana, fr. ni + lī

adjective sitting on (c. loc.), perched; hidden, concealed, lying in wait Ja.i.135, Ja.i.293; Ja.iii.26; Vv-a.230.

pp. of nilāyati

hiding Ja.v.103 (˚ṭṭhāna hiding-place).

abstr. fr. nilīyati, cp. Sk. nilayana

nest, place, seat Dhp.148 (variant reading niḷa).

Vedic nīḍa resting-place ni + sad “sitting down”

adjective for nīla MN.ii.201; see *vi*˚.

Parāyana & Parāyaṇa

neuter

1. (n.) final end, i.e. support, rest, relief SN.i.38; AN.i.155, AN.i.156 (tāṇa lena dīpa etc.); Ja.v.501 = Ja.vi.375 (dīpañ ca p.).
2. (adj. ˚)
   1. going through to, en …

Parāyana & Parāyaṇa

neuter

1. (n.) final end, i.e. support, rest, relief SN.i.38; AN.i.155, AN.i.156 (tāṇa lena dīpa etc.); Ja.v.501 = Ja.vi.375 (dīpañ ca p.).
2. (adj. ˚)
   1. going through to, en …

1. path, road, way DN.i.63; Snp.176 (loc. pathe), Snp.385, Snp.540, Snp.868; Cnd.485 B (+ pantha, in explⁿ of magga); Ja.i.308 (loc. pathe); Ja.ii.39; Ja.vi.525 (abl. pathā); Thag.64; Pp.2 …

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

1. green leaves (collectively), vegetable, greens Ja.vi.24 (kāra˚ vegetable as homage or oblation); Pv.iii.3#3 (panko paṇṇako ca, explained as “kaddamo vā udakacchikkhalo vā” Pv-a.189, but evidently …

adjective bearing flowers; in nīlapupphī (f.) Name of a plant (“with blue flowers”) Ja.vi.53.

fr. puppha¹ cp. Vedic puṣpin

Pīta¹

1. having drunk or (pred.) being drunk (as liquid) SN.i.212 (madhu˚); Ja.i.198; Pv-a.25 (with asita, khāyita & sāyita as fourfold food).
2. soaked or saturated with (-˚), in *kasāya …

adjective yellow Vin.iv.159; Thig.260; Ja.ii.274; Pv.iii.1#3 (= suvaṇṇavaṇṇa Pv-a.170); Dhs.617 (nīla p. lohitaka odāta kāḷaka mañjeṭṭhaka); Thag-a.211 -pītakā (f.) saffron, turmeric MN.i.36.

fr. pīta

Raṃsi & Rasmi

a rein, a ray.

1. In meaning “rein only as rasmi, viz. at MN.i.124; Dhp.222; Ja.i.57; Ja.iv.149
2. In meaning “ray” both raṃsi and *[rasmi](/defin …

Raṃsi & Rasmi

a rein, a ray.

1. In meaning “rein only as rasmi, viz. at MN.i.124; Dhp.222; Ja.i.57; Ja.iv.149
2. In meaning “ray” both raṃsi and *[rasmi](/defin …

…(cp. Dhp-a.iii.110); As -nīḷa at Iti.37.

• -mūla the root of disease Snp.530.
• -vyasana distress…

Rāji¹

a streak, line, row Snp.p.107 (nīla-vana˚ = dark line of trees, explained as nīla-vana rukkha-panti Snp-a.451); Vv.64#4 (nabhyo sata-rāji-cittita “coloured with 100 streaks”; V …

Ja.vi.536 (nīlapupphi-˚, C. nīlapupphīti ādikā pupphavalliyo).

whip snake Ja.vi.194 (= nīlapaṇṇavaṇṇasappa).

at Ja.iv.364 acc. to Kern (

Toevoegselen

ii.91) to be read as nilañchaka.

adjective swollen, bloated, puffed up MN.i.88 (of a corpse; + vinīlaka); Vism.178, Vism.193 (id.) Ja.i.164 (udaraṃ ˚ṃ katvā), Ja.i.420 (˚nimitta appearance of being blown up); Mil.332; Dhp-a.i.307. …

upa*, e.g. devūpaṭṭhāna, lokûpaga, puññûpatthambhita-Meanings:

1. (Rest): on upon, up-˚kiṇṇa covered over; ˚jīvati live on (cp. anu˚); ˚tthambhita propped up, sup-ported; ˚cita heap …

adjective somewhat dark-blue Ja.v.168.

upa + nīla

the (blue) lotus; a waterlily. The 7 kinds of lotuses, mentioned at Ja.v.37 are: nīla-ratta-set-uppala, ratta-seta-paduma, seta-kumuda kalla-hāra
■ DN.i.75; DN.ii.19; Vin.iii.33 (˚gandha); Ja …

adjective “having become very pale” (?), or “somewhat pale” (?), with dubbaṇṇa in Kp-a.234, and in a stock phrase of three different settings, viz.

1. kiso lūkho dubbaṇṇo upp˚ dhamani-santhata-gat …

appearance etc (lit. “cover, coating”). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as follows.

1. colour Snp.447 (meda˚); SN.v.216 (chavi˚ of t …

adjective of a bluish-black (purple) colour, discoloured Ja.ii.39 (of a cygnet, bastard of a swan & a crow, “resembling neither father nor mother, i.e. “black & white”). Usually applied to the colour …

adjective thick, massed, dense or crooked, arched (?), only in cpd. -pamha with thick eyelashes Vv.64#11 (= gopakhuma Vv-a.279) Pv.iii.3#5 (= vellita-dīgha-nīla-pamukha). Cp. alāra. Alarika & …