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nītā

nīta

masc nom pl of nīta (pp); fem nom sg of nīta (pp); fem nom pl of nīta (pp); nt nom pl of nīta (pp); …

1. carried; led; guided (by)
2. (of the meaning) clear; plain; straightforward; explicit; obvious; lit. led
3. name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. led
4. name of an arahant monk; lit. led
5. extracted; drawn out
6. led (to)

Etymology. √nī + ta; from √nī 'lead, carry'; Sanskrit nīta [nī]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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