නො
Pali
Alternative forms
Pronoun
නො
- Sinhala script form of no, which is accusative/instrumental/genitive/dative plural of අහං (ahaṃ, “us”)
- 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I), page 82:
- කන්නු ඛ්වජ්ජ සමණං වා බ්රාහ්මණං වා පයිරුපාසෙය්යාම යන්නො පයිරුපාසතො චිත්තං පසීදෙය්යා!"ති
- kannu khvajja samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā payirupāseyyāma yanno payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyā!"ti
- Indeed now which ascetic or Brahmin should we visit today who, for us visiting him, will soothe the heart?
Particle
නො
- Sinhala script form of no (“surely not”)
- 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II), page 558:
- පුන ච පරං භන්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත්තා
මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස්ස පදාතා යසස්ස ආහත්තා අථ ච පන
නො තථා මයි නිපච්චාකාරං කරොන්ති යථා භගවති.- Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati. - Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.
- Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
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