The corpus record — Pali

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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Where it lives

Digha Nikaya 24 · 1.67/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

indeclinable

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)
part. of interrogation (= Lat. nonne) “is it not (cp. na²): Ja.i.151; Ja.iii.393; Dhp-a.i.33.

Ved. nanu

In the wild

nanu Digha Nikaya 12 (dn12:10.2)
nanu Digha Nikaya 12 (dn12:11.2)
nanu Digha Nikaya 13 (dn13:14.11)
nanu Digha Nikaya 13 (dn13:18.12)
nanu Digha Nikaya 13 (dn13:19.14)
nanu Digha Nikaya 13 (dn13:20.7)

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