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neti

Neti

to lead, guide, conduct; to take, carry (away); fig. to draw a conclusion, to understand, to take as Dhp.80 , Dhp.145 , Dhp.240 , Dhp.257 ; Ja.i.228 Ja.iv.241 (nayaṃ n. to draw a proper conclusion); Vv-a.42 (narati = nayati); imper naya Pv.ii.11#3 , & nehi Ja.ii.160 ; Pv-a.147 ; poetic imper. nayāhi

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to lead, guide, conduct; to take, carry (away); fig. to draw a conclusion, to understand, to take as Dhp.80, Dhp.145, Dhp.240, Dhp.257; Ja.i.228 Ja.iv.241 (nayaṃ n. to draw a proper conclusion); Vv-a.42 (narati = nayati);
imper naya Pv.ii.11#3, & nehi Ja.ii.160; Pv-a.147; poetic imper. nayāhi see in paṭi˚;
pot naye Dhp.256 (to lead a cause = vinicchineyya Dhp-a.iii.381)
fut nessāmi Ja.ii.159; Pv.ii.4#5;
aor nayi Ja.iv.137.
ger netvā Pv-a.5, Pv-a.6, etc.
inf netuṃ Pv-a.123, Pv-a.145 (˚kāma) & netave; Ja.i.79 = Dhp.180.
grd neyya (see sep.),
pp nīta.
pass nīyati (q.v.).
Cp. naya, nīti, netta etc. also ā˚, upa˚, paṭi˚, vi˚.

Vedic nayati,

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