…nīla pīta lohita odāta; in the description of the 5 colours of the Buddha’s eye: nīla pītaka lohitaka kaṇha…

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

Vedic nīḍa

…Pv.iv.3#9 (nīl˚ = nīla-megha Pv-a.251). As f. abbhā at Dhs.617 & Dhs-a.317 (used in sense of adj. “dull” Dhs-a explains by…

…˚nipuṇa very clever, ˚nīla of a deep black, ˚manāpa very pleasant ˚mangaly very lucky, ˚yobbana full youth, ˚rati great liking, ˚ratta…

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

pp. of abhilambati

…abhinīla-padma-netra]; Thig.257 (nettā ahesuṃ abbinīla-m-āyatā).

abhi + nīla

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

…(id.); Thig.480 (= indanīla Thag-a.286); Ja.iii.419 (˚âpangin black-eyed); Ja.v.302 Dāvs i.45.

Sk. asita; Idg. *ās, cp. Lat. āreo…

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

…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;…

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

inda + nīla “Indra’s blue”

…white see nīla & seta), forming one system of coloursensations (the colourless, as distinguished from the red-green and…

…āpo˚, tejo˚, vāyo˚, nīla˚, pīta˚, lohita˚ odāta˚, ākāsa˚, viññāṇa˚-that is, earth, water, fire air; blue, yellow, red,…

the crow; freq. in similes: SN.i.124; Snp.448; Ja.i.164. Its thievish ways are described at Dhp-a.iii.352; said to have ten bad qualities AN.v.149; Ja.i.342; Ja.iii.126; kākā vā kulalā vā Vin.iv.40 …

…Ja.v.155) Cp. also siniddha-nīla-mudu-kuñcita-keso Ja.i.89, and sukaṇhakaṇha Ja.v.202
■ susukāḷakesa of others than the Buddha:…

…Ja.v.155) Cp. also siniddha-nīla-mudu-kuñcita-keso Ja.i.89, and sukaṇhakaṇha Ja.v.202
■ susukāḷakesa of others than the Buddha:…

…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…

…199, 200.

• -nīla sapphire Vv-a.111
• -pañña very wise DN.iii.158; AN.iii.244;…

…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,…

…bed, kept in bed Pv.ii.2#5 (nīla˚, fig. for being buried) Dhp-a.i.183 (with variant reading maccu˚, just as likely, but see…

…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…

…usually in sequence nīla, pīta, mañjeṭṭhaka, lohitaka, odāta as the 5 fundamental colours: MN.i.509 (has ˚eṭṭhika in T. but…

…of jewelled stars Vism.76; nīla˚; a dark blue jewel Ja.ii.112; Ja.iv.140; Dhp-a.iii.254. The passage “amaṇiṃ udakaṃ maṇiṃ…

kind of tree Vism.313.

cp. *Sk. maṇila dewlap?

…(id.); AN.iv.305 sq. (nīla˚, pīta etc.); Snp.137; Vb.13, Vb.64, Vb.70 sq. (sa˚, a˚); Vv-a.12, Vv-a.13; Pv-a.26, Pv-a.121…

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*˚.

…sugati˚ Pv-a.89 similarly nīlamañca˚ Pv.ii.2#5. See also pārāyana.

fr. parā + i, cp. Vedic…

…sugati˚ Pv-a.89 similarly nīlamañca˚ Pv.ii.2#5. See also pārāyana.

fr. parā + i, cp. Vedic…

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 …

…under pīta and others), viz nīla, pītaka, lohitaka, kaṇha, odāta (of B’s eye) Cnd.235#I.a; others with ref. to paduma-puṇḍarīka…

…avaseso udaka-pappaṭaka-nīla-bījak’ ādi sabbo ’ti paṇako ti sankhaṃ gacchati“); SN.v.122; AN.iii.187, AN.iii.232, AN.iii.235;…

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

fr. puppha¹ cp. Vedic puṣpin

…AN.v.61; Ja.vi.185 (nīla p. lohita odāta mañjeṭṭhaka), Ja.vi.449 (˚alankāra, ˚vasana ˚uttara, cp. Ja.vi.503); Dhs.203…

…Pv-a.170); Dhs.617 (nīla p. lohitaka odāta kāḷaka mañjeṭṭhaka); Thag-a.211 -pītakā (f.) saffron, turmeric MN.i.36.

fr….

…vissajjesi); Dhs-a.13 (nīla-rasmiyo); Vv-a.125 (candima-suriya˚). Also in cpd. buddha-rasmi the ray of enlightenment, the halo around a…

…vissajjesi); Dhs-a.13 (nīla-rasmiyo); Vv-a.125 (candima-suriya˚). Also in cpd. buddha-rasmi the ray of enlightenment, the halo around a…

illness, disease
■ The defⁿ of roga at Ja.ii.437 is “roga rujana-sabhāvattaṃ.” There are many diff enumerations of rogas and sets of standard combinations, of which the foll. may be ment …

…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…

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.

…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);…

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

…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…

…“somewhat like”, cp. upanīla upanibha etc. and reading at Pv.ii.1#13 upakaṇḍakin. The latter may itself be a corruption, but is…

…as vaṇṇā, viz. nīla pīta lohitaka odāta mañjeṭṭha pabhassara Pts.i.126; cp. the 6 colours under rūpa at…

…Mil.332; Vism.110, Vism.178 Vism.193.

vi + nīlaka

…with thick eyelashes Vv.64#11 (= gopakhuma Vv-a.279) Pv.iii.3#5 (= vellita-dīgha-nīla-pamukha). Cp. alāra. Alarika & iya;

= aḷāra or…