Pāli Dictionary

neta

naprefixetastem

Part of speech

pronoun

Root

nī1lead; carry

Antonyms

etaṃ

general

  • this is not; not this

  • AN 8.53

    n'eso dhammo n'eso vinayo n'etaṃ satthusāsanan'ti

  • MN 22

    sutavā ca kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako… rūpaṃ n'etaṃ mama, n'eso'ham'asmi, na m'eso attā'ti samanupassati.

netar

nīroottarsuffix

via inflected form netā · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

nī1lead; carry

Synonyms

venayika, ninnetar, vināyaka, netta, anunetar, nāyaka

general

  • leader; guide; forerunner

  • DN 31

    saṅgāhako mittakaro, vadaññū vītamaccharo, netā vinetā anunetā, tādiso labhate yasaṃ.

nenta

approximate

nestemntasuffix

via inflected form netā · instrumental singular / ablative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

nī1lead; carry

general

  • leading; guiding; carrying away (present participle of neti)

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