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Netta: 7 definitions

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Netta means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

India history and geography

: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)

Ṇetta (णेत्�) refers to one of the various shops or “market places� (Sanskrit: Ჹṭṭ, Prakrit: 䲹ܳṭṭ) for a medieval town in ancient India, which were vividly depicted in Kathās (narrative poems), for example, by Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā.—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] In the Kuvalayamālā, some names of shops according to articles displayed in them is given, [i.e., ṇeٳٲ] [...] Thus Uddyotana has in his view a complete form of a medieval market place with the number of lines full of different commodities.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Netta in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

netta : (nt.) the eye.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) Netta, 2 (nt.) (Sk. netra) guidance, anything that guides, a conductor, fig. the eye. S. I, 26 (sārathī nettāni gahetvā =the reins); Vin. I, 204 (dhūma° 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=nayanāni Com.); Dhs. 597; Vbh. 71 sq. (Page 377)

2) Netta, 1 (Sk. netra, fr. neti) a guide J. III, 111; Nett. 130. (Page 377)

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

netta (နေတ္�) [(na) (�)]�
[nī+ta.netīti nettaṃ.rū�666.nīti,dhā�111�,ṭī.149.ka�656�(netra-saṃ� sī,ṇeٳٲ-prā,netta-addhamāgadhī)]
[န�+တ။ နေတီတ� နေတ္တံ။ ရူ။ ၆၆၆။ နီတိ၊ ဓာ။ ၁၁၁။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၁၄၉။ ကစ္စည်း။ ၆၅၆။ (နေတ�-သ�,သီဟိုဠ်၊ ဏေတ္�-ပြာ၊ နေတ္�-အဒ္ဓမာဂဓ�)]

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Ṇetta (णेत्�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Netra.

2) Ṇetta (णेत्�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Netra.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Neṭṭa (ನೆಟ್�):—[adverb] = ನೆಟ್ಟಗ� - [nettage -] 1.

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Netta (ನೆತ್�):�

1) [noun] the chequered cloth or board on which the game of dice is played.

2) [noun] a pawn used in this game.

3) [noun] the game itself.

4) [noun] a score as shown by the dice rolled on the floor.

5) [noun] ನೆತ್ತದಾಟ [nettadata] nettadāṭa = ನೆತ್� [netta]1 - 3; ನೆತ್ತವಾಡ� [nettavadu] nettavāḍu to play this game.

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Netta (ನೆತ್�):—[noun] the organ of sight; the eye.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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