Nadī
Nadī,(f.) [Ved.nadī,from nadati=“the roaring,” cp.also nandati] a river; often characterised as mahā° in opp.to kun° rivulet; pl.nadiyo also collect.“the waters.” -- D.I,244 (Aciravatī nadī); S.II,32,118,135; V,390; A.I,33,136,243 (mahā°); II,55,140 (mahā°); III,52; IV,101 (m°),137; Sn.425,433,568,720; Dh.251; J.I,296; II,102; III,51; III,91 (Kebukā); V,269 (Vetaraṇī°); VI,518 (Ketumatī); Pv IV.354; Vism.468 (sīghasotā); PvA.256 (m°); Sdhp.21,194,574.-- Gen.sg.nadiyā J.I,278; It.113; Instr.nadiyā J.I,278; PvA.46; pl.Nom.nadiyo Miln.114 (na tā n.dhuva-salilā),najjo PvA.29 (mahā°); & najjāyo J.VI,278; gen nadīnaṁ Vin.I,246=Sn.569 (n.sāgaro mukhaṁ).-- kunnadī a small river S.I,109; II,32,118; V,47,63; A.II,140; IV,100; V,114 sq.-- On n.in similes see J.P.T.S.1906,100.
--kuñja a river glen DA.I,209; --kūla the bank of a river Cp.III,71; --tīra=°kūla J.I,278; --dugga a difficult ford in a river S.II,198; --vidugga=°dugga A.I,35; III,128.(Page 346)