naigama (8673)

naigama
Entry 8673, Page 312, Col. 1

(nEgama, nEgama)
naigama¦ (= Pali ne°; from Skt. nigama, town, plus -a), townsman; pl. townspeople: SP 115.5; Mv i.313.4; 364.5; (?ii.64.16 naigama-sthānāṃ sarvasya, read nigama° ?;) iii.38.2; LV 117.17; Divy 87.1 and 89.2, read sa- naigamam, cf. note p. 706; Divy 404.14; janapadeṣu naigamāḥ LV 391.13 (vs); often (as in Pali) cpd. or asso- ciated with jānapada, countryman, countryfolk: SP 108.8; Mv ii.100.14; 424.2; Mvy 3746 (foll. by jānapadaḥ); Divy 143.17; Jm 86.24; Av i.87.9; 184.7; RP 41.15; Bbh 122.2; with janapada, prob. only an error for jāna°, Mv ii.439.7; 440.1 (but here v.l. jāna°, so read); Divy 211.13.