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nanu

Nanu

indeclinable part. of affirmation (cp. na 1 ): surely, certainly Pv.ii.6#7 (so to be read for nanda? variant reading BB nuna); Manor. Pūr. on AN.v.194 (Andersen P. R. 91) part. of interrogation (= Lat. nonne) “is it not (cp. na 2 ): Ja.i.151 ; Ja.iii.393 ; Dhp-a.i.33 . Ved. nanu

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indeclinable

  1. part. of affirmation (cp. na1): surely, certainly Pv.ii.6#7 (so to be read for nanda? variant reading BB nuna); Manor. Pūr. on AN.v.194 (Andersen P. R. 91)
  2. part. of interrogation (= Lat. nonne) “is it not (cp. na2): Ja.i.151; Ja.iii.393; Dhp-a.i.33.

Ved. nanu

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