The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Naya (adj. -- n.) [from nayati, to lead, see neti] "leading"; usually m: way (fig.), method, plan, manner;
inference; sense, meaning (in grammar); behaviour, conduct A ii.193=Nd2 151 (˚hetu through inference);
Nett 2 (method), 4 (id.), 7, 113; Miln 316 (nayena=nayahetu); KhA 74; VvA 112 (sense, context, sentence);
PvA 1 (ways or conduct), 117 (meaning), 126 (id.), 136, 280. -- naya' neti to draw a conclusion, apply an
inference, judge, behave S ii.58=Vbh 329; J iv.241 (anaya' nayati dummedho: draws a wrong conclusion);
PvA 227 (+anumin!ti). -- With ˚!di˚ N. has the function of continuing or completing the context= "and
similarly," e. g. ˚!dinaya -- pavatta dealing with this & the following VvA 2; . . . ti !din! nayena thus &
similarly, & so forth J i.81; PvA 30. -- Instr. nayena ( -- ˚) as adv. in the way of, as, according(ly): !gata˚
according to what has been shown or said in . . . J i.59; VvA 3; PvA 280; purima˚ as before J i.59; iv.140;
vutta˚ as said (above) (cp. vutta -- niy!mena) PvA 13, 29, 36, 71, 92 etc. -- sunaya a sound judgment J
iv.241; dunnaya a wrong principle, method or judgment, or as adj.: wrongly inferred, hard to be
understood, unintelligible A iii.178=Nett 21; J iv.241.
Nayati
Nayati see neti.
Nayana
Nayana (nt.) [Sk. nayana, to nayati=the leader cp. also netra=P. netta] the eye Th 2, 381; Vv 353; Dhs 597;
Vbh 71 sq.; Miln 365; ThA 255; VvA 161 (=cakkhu); PvA 40 (nett!ni nayan!ni), 152; Sdhp 448, 621.
Nayhati
Nayhati [Ved. nahyati, Idg. *nedh as in Lat. nodus & Ved. nahu] to tie, bind; only in comp. with prep. as
upanayhati (cp. up!han! sandal), pilandhati etc. -- pp. naddha (q. v.). See also nandhi, n!ha; onayhati,
unnahan!, pi)ayhati.
Nayhana
Nayhana (nt.) [Sk. nahana] tying, binding; bond, fetter DhA iv.161.
Nara
Nara [Ved. nara, cp. n%tu; Idg. *ner to be strong or valiant =Gr. a)nh/r, a)g -- h/nwr (valiant), drw/y
(*nrw/y); Lat. neriosus (muscu)ar), Nero (Sabinian, cp. Oscan ner= Lat. vir); Oir. nert] man (in poetry esp.
a brave, strong, heroic man), pl. either "men" or "people" (the latter e. g. at Sn 776, 1082; Pv i.1112). -- A
i.130; ii.5; iii.53; Sn 39, 96, 116, 329, 591, 676, 865 etc.; Dh 47, 48, 262, 309, 341; J iii.295; Nd1 12=Nd2
335 (definition); VvA 42 (popular etymology: narati net" ti naro puriso, i. e. a "leading" man); PvA 116=Dh
125. -- âdhama vilest of men Sn 246; -- âsabha "man bull," i. e. lord of men Sn 684, 996; -- inda "man
lord," i. e. king Sn 836; J i.151; -- uttama best of men (Ep. of the Buddha) S i.23; D iii.147; Sn 1021; --
deva god -- man or man -- god (pl.) gods, also Ep. of the B. "king of men" S i.5; Pv iv.350; -- n!r" (pl.) men
& women, appl. to male & female angelic servants (of the Yakkhas) Vv 324, 337, 538; Pv ii.112; -- v"ra a
hero (?), a skilled man (?) Th 1, 736 (narav"rakata "by human skill & wit" Mrs. Rh. D.). -- s"ha lion of men
J i.89.
Naraka
Naraka [Sk. naraka; etym. doubtful, problematic whether to Gr. ne/rteros (= inferus), Ags. nord=north as
region of the underworld] 1. a pit D i.234; Th 1, 869; J iv.268 (˚!v!&a PvA 225). -- 2. a name for Niraya, i.
e. purgatory; a place of torment for the deceased (see niraya & cp. list of narakas at Divy 67) S i.209; Sn
706; PvA 52; Sdhp 492 (sa's!raghora˚), 612. -- ang!ra the ashes of purgatory Sdhp 32.