adjective · nīla 1 · nīla 2
blue
(adjective) of a dark color, especially dark blue; (neuter) a blue-green substance or dye or mineral; blue-black; dark green; blue-green
Nīla (adjective) [Vedic nīla, perhaps connection with Latin nites to shine, see Walde, Latin Wtb. sub voce ] dark-blue, blue-black, blue-green. Nīla serves as a general term to designate the "coloured-black," as opposed to the "coloured-white" (pīta yellow), which pairs (nīla-pīta) are both set off against the "pure" colour-sensations of red (lohitaka) and white (odāta), besides the distinct black or dark (see kaṇha). Therefore n. has a fluctuating connotation (cf. Mrs. Rh.D. Buddhist Psychology page 49 and BMPE page 57, note 1), its only standard combination being that with pīta, e.g. in the enumeration of the ten kasiṇa practices (see kasiṇa): nīla pīta lohita odāta; in the description of the 5 colours of the Buddha's eye: nīla pītaka lohitaka kaṇha odāta (Nidd II §235, I a under cakkhumā); which goes even so far as to be used simply in the sense of "black and white," e.g. Vv-a 320. Applied to hair (lomāni) D II 144; M II 136. See further enumeration at Vv-a 111 and under kaṇha. — A III 239; IV 263 f., 305, 349; V 61; Vism 110, 156, 173; Thig-a 42 (mahā° great blue lotus); Dhs 617; Pv II 2 5 ; Pv-a 32, 46, 158; Saddh 246, 270, 360. -abbha a black cloud Pv IV 3 9 ; -abhijāti a dark (unfortunate) birth (cf. kaṇh°) A III 383; -uppala blue lotus Ja III 394; Vv 45 4 (= kuvalaya); Dhp-a I 384; -kasiṇa the "blue" kasiṇa (q.v.) D III 248; Dhs 203; (Vam 172 etc.; -gīva "blue neck," a peacock Snp 221 = maṇi-daṇḍa-sadisāya gīvāya n. ti Pj II 277); -pupphī name of plant ("blue-blossom") Ja VI 53; -bījaka a waterplant ("blue-seed") Buddhaghosa at Vin III 276; -maṇi a sapphire ("blue-stone") Ja II 112; IV 140; Dhp-a III 254; -vaṇṇa blue colour, coloured blue or green Ja IV 140 (of the ocean); Dhs 246.
【形】 藍的。【陽】 藍色。~kasiṇa,【中】（修禪取相的）藍色器材。~gīva,【陽】 孔雀。~maṇi,【陽】 藍寶石，青玉。~vaṇṇa,【形】 有藍色的。~vallī,【陰】 一種藥藤。~sappa,【陽】 瘦蛇 (Dryophis)。
【中】 巢。~ja,【陽】 鳥。
(adj, adj) dark blue; blue-black; indigo blue Construction: √nīl + a
(nt, nt) blue colour; blue dye; indigo blue colour Construction: √nīl + a
(adj, adj) green; dark green Construction: √nīl + a