The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Netta2 (nt.) [Sk. netra] guidance, anything that guides, a conductor, fig. the eye. S i.26 (s!rath" nett!ni
gahetv! =the reins); Vin i.204 (dh(ma˚ for smoke); J iv.363 (id.); D i.12 (˚tappana, set t. & cp. DA i.98); Sn
550 (pasanna˚), 1120; Nd2 371 (=cakkhu), 669; J vi.290 (tamba˚ with red eyes); Pv i.83 (eyes= nayan!ni
Com.); Dhs 597; Vbh 71 sq.
Netti
Netti (f.) [Vedic netr", f. to net%] a guide, conductor; support (=nettika2) It 37 (!h!ra˚ -- pabhava), 38
(bhava˚), 94 (netticchinna bhikkhu=Arahant). Cp. nettika2 & dhamma˚, bhava˚.
Netti'sa
Netti'sa [cp. Sk. nistri'$a, Hal!yudha 2, 317; very doubtful, whether nis+tri'$a (thirty), prob. a dial.
distortion] a sword J ii.77 (˚vara -- dh!rin; C. netti's! vuccanti khagg!); iv.118 (C. gives it as
adj.=nikkaru*a, merciless; & says "khaggassa n!ma'"); vi.188 (˚varadh!rin).
Nettika
Nettika (adj. -- n.) [netta+ika] 1. having as guide or fore- runner, in Bhagava'˚' dhamma M i.310; A i.199;
iv.158, 351; v.355. -- 2. a conduit for irrigation; one who makes conduits for watering Dh 80 (=udaka'
nenti nettik!), 145; fig. that which supplies with food or water, in bhava˚ ("the roots of existence, clinging
to existence") D i.46 (ucchinna˚ with the roots of existence cut); sanettika clinging to existence, a bad man
A ii.54. Cp. netti.
Netthar
Netthar [see nittharati; does any connection exist with Vedic ne+&%?] only in phrase netth!ra' vattati to
behave in such a way as to get rid of blame or fault Vin ii.5; iii.183; M i.442. -- Bdhgh on Vin ii.5 (p. 309)
explains: nittharant!na' etan ti netth!ra' yena sakk! niss!ra*! nittharitu' ta' a&&h!rasa -- vidha'
samm!vattu' vattant" ti attho.
Nepakka
Nepakka (nt.) [fr. nipaka] prudence, discrimination, care- fulness; usually as sati˚ S v.197 sq.; M i.356; A
iii.11; iv.15; Nd2 629 B; Vbh 244, 249; Vism 3 (= paññ!); DhA iv.29.
Nepuñña
Nepuñña (nt.) [fr. nipu*a] experience, skill, cleverness Pug 25, 35; Dhs 16, 292; DhsA 147.
Nema
Nema [cp. nemi] edge, point; root S v.445; A iv.404; gambh"ra˚ (adj.) with deeply rooted point, firmly
established S v.444; A iv.106.
Nemanta*ika
Nemanta*ika (adj.) [fr. nimantana] one who lives by invitations M i.31.
Nemi