Naya
Naya,(adj.-n.) [from nayati,to lead,see neti] “leading”; usually m:way (fig.),method,plan,manner; inference; sense,meaning (in grammar); behaviour,conduct A.II,193=Nd2 151 (°hetu through inference); Nett 2 (method),4 (id.),7,113; Miln.316 (nayena=nayahetu); KhA 74; VvA.112 (sense,context,sentence); PvA.1 (ways or conduct),117 (meaning),126 (id.),136,280.-- nayaṁ neti to draw a conclusion,apply an inference,judge,behave S.II,58=Vbh.329; J.IV,241 (anayaṁ nayati dummedho:draws a wrong conclusion); PvA.227 (+anumināti).-- With °ādi° N.has the function of continuing or completing the context= “and similarly,” e.g.°ādinaya-pavatta dealing with this & the following VvA.2; ...ti ādinā nayena thus & similarly,& so forth J.I,81; PvA.30.-- Instr.nayena (-°) as adv.in the way of,as,according(ly):āgata° according to what has been shown or said in ...J.I,59; VvA.3; PvA.280; purima° as before J.I,59; IV,140; vutta° as said (above) (cp.vutta-niyāmena) PvA.13,29,36,71,92 etc.-- sunaya a sound judgment J.IV,241; dunnaya a wrong principle,method or judgment,or as adj.:wrongly inferred,hard to be understood,unintelligible A.III,178=Nett 21; J.IV,241.(Page 347)