nāvā

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See also: nava and navă

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नौ (naú), नावा (nāvā́). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀸 (ṇāvā).

Noun

nāvā f

  1. ship, boat
    • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I), page 336:
      තස‍්ස එවමස‍්ස: “අයං ඛො මහා උදකණ‍්ණවො ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ‍්කං සප‍්පටිභයං. පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප‍්පටිභයං. නත්‍ථි ච නාවා සන‍්තාරණී උත‍්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය.
      Tassa evamassa: "ayaṃ kho mahā udakaṇṇavo orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ. Pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ. Natthi ca nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya.
      Therefore things are thus: So, there's this large deluge, a dubious and perilous near shore, a safe far shore free of peril; and there is neither a ferry boat or a bridge to go from the near shore to the far shore.

Declension

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “nāvā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead