na/ ¦ ind. not, no, nor, neither, RV. (nA, x, 34, 8) &c. &c. (as well in simple negation as in wishing, requesting and commanding, except in prohibition before an Impv. or an augmentless aor. [cf. mA];in successive sentences or clauses either simply repeated, e.g. Mn. iv, 34;or strengthened by another particle, esp. at the second place or further on in the sentence, e.g. by u [cf. no], uta/, api, cApi, vA, vApi or aTa vA, RV. i, 170, 1; 151, 9; Nal. iii, 24, &c.;it may even be replaced by ca, vA, api ca, api vA, &c. alone, as, Mn. ii, 98;Nal. i, 14, &c.;often joined with other particles, beside those mentioned above esp. with a following tu, tv eva, tv eva tu, ced, q.v., Kalu, q.v., ha [cf. g. cAdi and Pāṇ. viii, 1, 31] &c.;before round or collective numbers and after any numeral in the instr. or abl. it expresses deficiency, e.g. ekayA na viMSati, not 20 by 1 i.e. 19 ŚBr.;paYcaBir na catvAri SatAni, 395 ib.;with another na or an a priv. it generally forms a strong affirmation [cf. Vām. v, 1, 9] e.g. neyaM na vakzyati, she will most certainly declare, Śak. iii, 9;nAdaRqyo ‘sti, he must certainly be punished, Mn. viii, 335;it may also, like a, form compounds, Vām. v, 2, 13 [cf. below])
