Pāli Dictionary

ñāya

niprefixirootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ñā5to know

Synonyms

magga, pariyāya, upakkama, ākāra, niyāma, patha, upāya, vidhi,

general

  • method; system; rule; (in later usage) logic

doctrine

  • right way; right conduct; propriety; the Noble Path (often referring to the Noble Eightfold Path)

  • DN 22

    ek'āyano ayaṃ, bhikkhave, maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅ'gamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya yadidaṃ cattāro satipaṭṭhānā

  • MN 75

    rakkhass'etaṃ, māgaṇḍiya, vācaṃ, rakkhass'etaṃ, māgaṇḍiya, vācaṃ. bahū hi tassa bhoto gotamassa khattiyapaṇḍitā'pi brāhmaṇapaṇḍitā'pi gahapatipaṇḍitā'pi samaṇapaṇḍitā'pi abhippasannā vinītā ariye ñāye dhamme kusale'ti.

naya

approximate

nīrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

nī1lead; carry

Synonyms

aṭṭha, ākāra, adhippāya, pakāra, nīhāra

Antonyms

anaya

general

  • method; way; manner; plan; mode of proceeding

  • inference; conclusion; reasoning; inferential method

  • AN 3.65

    etha tumhe, kālāmā, mā anussavena, mā param'parāya, mā itikirāya, mā piṭakasampadānena, mā takkahetu, mā nayahetu, mā ākāraparivitakkena, mā diṭṭhinijjhānakkhantiyā, mā bhabbarūpatāya, mā samaṇo no garū'ti.

  • meaning; sense; context (esp. in grammatical or textual interpretation)

ña

ñārootasuffix

via inflected form ñāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

ñā5to know

Synonyms

ñū

Antonyms

añña

general

  • knowing; who knows; familiar with

na

approximate

via inflected form nāya · dative singular

Part of speech

indeclinable

Synonyms

no

general

  • not; no; neither; nor (negative particle; also as negative prefix in compounds)

  • Snp 1.4

    na ca passāma te kasiṃ

  • MN 2

    idha, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano manasikaraṇīye dhamme nappajānāti, amanasikaraṇīye dhamme nappajānāti

  • SN 46.53

    atha kho te bhikkhū tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ bhāsitaṃ n'eva abhinandiṃsu nappaṭikkosiṃsu.

  • (introducing a question expecting assent) surely?; is it not? (= nu)

  • SN 48.50

    na so tathāgate vā tathāgatasāsane vā kaṅkheyya vā vicikiccheyya vā

  • (rare, in verse) like; as; as if (= viya)

ta

approximate

via inflected form nāya · instrumental singular / ablative singular

Part of speech

pronoun

Antonyms

ya

general

  • that; this; he; she; it (demonstrative pronoun)

  • SN 47.10

    ekam'antaṃ nisinnā kho tā bhikkhuniyo āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavocuṃ

  • AN 10.176

    idha cunda ekacco anabhijjhālu hoti. yaṃ taṃ parassa paravitt'ūpakaraṇaṃ taṃ anabhijjhitā hoti, aho vata yaṃ parassa taṃ mamassā'ti

nayati

approximate

nirootayasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form naya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

nī1lead; carry

Synonyms

vineti, upaneti, paṭipādeti

general

  • leads; guides; carries; conducts

  • Dhp 80

    udakañ'hi nayanti nettikā, usukārā namayanti tejanaṃ, dāruṃ namayanti tacchakā, attānaṃ damayanti paṇḍitā.

  • Dhp 240

    ayasā'va malaṃ samuṭṭhitaṃ, tat'uṭṭhāya tam'eva khādati, evaṃ atidhonacārinaṃ, sakakammāni nayanti duggatiṃ.

  • (grammar) joins; connects (to)

doctrine

  • draws a conclusion; infers; passes judgement

  • Dhp 256

    na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho, yen'atthaṃ sāhasā naye, yo ca atthaṃ anatthañ'ca, ubho niccheyya paṇḍito.

  • Dhp 257

    asāhasena dhammena, samena nayatī pare, dhammassa gutto medhāvī, dhammaṭṭho'ti pavuccati.

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