nava 1.1 · nava 2.1 · nava 1.2
nine
nava , oftener navaka , m. (= Pali , both), newcomer to the Buddhist order, junior, recently ordained monk ; see also nav(ak)ānta : nava, Māy 219.29 ; navakaḥ Mvy 8742 ; navakair ādikarmikair acirapravrajitair RP 5.1 (prose); °kair acirapravrajitair (text °varjitair) Gv 47.8 (prose); daharo jātyā °kas tu pravrajyayā 129.3 (prose); sthaviramadhya-navakeṣu bhikṣuṣu Śikṣ 199.16 (prose).
2. nava m. (√ 4. nu ) praise, celebration, L.
3. nava m. (√ 5. nu ) sneezing, Car.
Nava 1 (numeral) [Vedic navan, Indo-Germanic *neṷn̥, cf. Latin novem (°noven), Greek ἐννέα, Gothic niun, Old-Irish nōin, English nine. Connection with nava 2 likely because in counting by tetrads (octo = 8 is a dual!) a new series begins with No. 9] number nine. genitive-dative navannaṃ (Snp page 87); instrumental-ablative navahi (Vv-a 76), locative navasu. Meaning and Application: The primitive Aryan importance of the "mystic" nine is not found in Buddhism and can only be traced in Pāli in folkloristic undercurrents (as fairy tales) and stereotype traditions in which 9 appears as a number implying a higher trinity = 3 2 . 1. navabhūmaka pāsāda (a palace 9 stories high more frequent satta°, 7) Ja I 58; nava-hiraññakoṭīhi (with 9 koṭis of gold) Vv-a 188; nava yojana Dhp-a II 65. 2. navaṅgabuddhasāsana "the 9 fold teaching of Buddha," i.e. the 9 divisions of the Buddhist scriptures according to their form or style, viz. suttaṃ geyyaṃ veyyākaraṇaṃ gāthā udānaṃ itivuttakaṃ jātakaṃ abbhutadhammaṃ vedallaṃ M I 133; A II 103, 178; III 86 f., 177 f.; Pp 43; Miln 344; Dīp IV 15; Pv-a 2. Cf. chaḷaṅga. — nava sattāvāsā "9 abodes of beings" Khp IV (in exemplifying No. 9), viz. (see D III 263 = Pj I 86, 87 cf. also A IV 39 f. ) (1) manussā, devā, vinipātikā; (2) Brahmakāyikā devā; (3) Ābhassarā; (4) Subhakiṇhā; (5) Asaññasattā; (6) Ākāsanañcayatana-upagā; (7) Viññāṇanañcayatana°; (8) Ākiñcaññāyatana°; (9) N'evasaññasaññayatana°. — nava sotā (Snp 197) or nava dvārā (Vv-a 76; v.l. mukhā) 9 openings of the body, viz. (Pj II 248) 2 eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, anus and urethra (cf. S.B.E. 39, 180; 40, 259 f. ). — nava vitakkā 9 thoughts Nidd II §269 (q.v.). 3. a trace of the week of 9 days is to be found in the expression "navuti-vassasatasahass-āyukā" giving the age of a divinity as 9 million years ... divine week) Vv-a 345. — Cf. navuti. Nava 2 (adjective) [Vedic nava, Indo-Germanic *neṷn̥ (cf. nava 1 ) = Latin novus, Greek νέος (°νέϝος), Lithuanian navas; Gothic niujis etc. = English new; also Sanskrit navya = Greek νεῖος, Latin Novius. May be related to na 3 ] 1. new, fresh; unsoiled, clean; of late, lately acquired or practised (opposite pubba and purāṇa). Often synonymous with taruṇa. Snp 28, 235 (opposite purāṇaṃ), 944 (the same), 913 (opposite pubba); Pv I 9 2 (of clothes = costly); Ja IV 201 (opposite purāṇa); Miln 132 (salila fresh water). 2. young, unexperienced, newly initiated; a novice Vin I 47 (navā bhikkhū the younger bhs., opposite therā); S I 9 (+ acira-pabbajita); II 218; Snp page 93 (Gotamo navo pabbajjāya "a novice in the wanderer's life"); Dhp-a I 92 (bhikkhu). -kamma building new, making repairs, "doing up," mending Vin II 119, 159; III 81; Ja I 92; IV 378; Nidd II §385; -kammika an expert in making repairs or in building, a builder (cf. vaḍḍhaki) Vin II 15; IV 211; -ghata fresh ghee Ja II 433 (v.l. °sappi).
【形】 1. 新的。2. 九。~kamma,【中】 新的工作。~kammika,【形】 建築的專家。~ṅga,【形】有九部分的。~navuti,【陰】九十九。
nava a. 1 New, fresh, young, recent; cittayoniraBavatpunarnavaH R. 19. 46 ; ete vayaM punarnavIkftAH smaH Ś. 5 ; kleSaH Palena hi punarnavatAM viDatte Ku. 5. 86 ; U. 1. 19 ; R. 1. 83 , 2. 47 , 3. 53 , 4. 3 , 11 ; Śi. 1. 4 ; nayavayasi Mu. 3. 3. ; Śi. 3. 31 ; Ki. 9. 43. 2 Modern. — vaH 1 A crow. 2 Praise. — vaM ind. Recently, newly, lately, not long ago. Comp. — aMgI a woman. — annaM 1 new rice or grain. 2 a ceremony performed on first eating the newrice. — aMbu n. fresh water. — ahaH the first day of a fortnight. — itara a. old; R. 8. 22. — udDftaM fresh butter. — UQA, -pARigrahaRA 1 a newly, married woman, a bride; H. 1. 212 Bh. 1. 4 ; R. 8. 7. 2 a kind of heroine (in dramas). — kArikA , — kAlikA, -PalikA 1 a woman newly married. 2 a woman in whom menstruation has recently commenced. — CAtraH a fresh student, novice, tyro. — nI f. , — nItaM fresh butter; ahonavanItakalpahfdaya AryaputraH M. 3. — nItakaM 1 clarified butter. 2 fresh butter. — pAWakaH a new teacher. — prasUtA a woman who has lately brought forth (a child). — prASanaM eating of new rice. — mallikA, -mAlikA a kind of jasmine. — yajYaH an offering of the first fruits of the harvest. — yOvanaM fresh youth, bloom or prime of youth. — (nA) a young woman. — rajas f. a girl who has recently menstruated. — vaDUH, -varikA 1 a newlymarried girl. 2 a daughter-in-law. — vallaBaM a kind of sandal. — vastraM new cloth. — SasyaM the first fruits of the year's harvest. — SaSiBft m. an epithet of Śiva; Me. 43. — sUtiH f. , — sUtikA 1 a milch-cow. 2 a woman recently delivered.
(adj, adj) new; fresh new
(card, card, x pl) nine (9) nine
(masc, masc) (vinaya) newcomer; newbie; new monk; monastic of less than five years standing