Nāma (nt.) [Vedic nāman, cp. Gr. o)/noma (a)n -- w/numos without name); Lat. nomen; Goth. namō; Ags. noma, Ohg. namo] name. -- 1. Literal. nom. nāmaŋ S i.39; Sn 808; J ii.131; Miln 27; acc. nāmaŋ PvA 145 (likhi: he wrote her name). -- nāmaŋ karoti to give a name Sn 344; Nd2 466 (n' etaŋ nāmaŋ mātarā kataŋ on "Bhagavā"); J i.203, 262 (w. double acc.). -- nāmaŋ gaṇhāti to call by name, to enumerate J iv.402; PvA 18 (v. l. BB nāmato g.). Definitions at Vin iv.6 (two kinds : hīna˚ & ukkatṭha˚) and at Vism 528 (=namanalakkhaṇa). -- 2. Specified. nāma as metaphysical term is opposed to rūpa, & comprises the 4 immaterial factors of an individual (arūpino khandhā, viz. vedanā saññā sankhāra viññāṇa; see khandha II. Ba). These as the noëtic principle combdwith the material principle make up the individual as it is distinguished by "name & body" from other individuals. Thus nāmarūpa= individuality, individual being. These two are inseparable (aññamaññûpanissitā ete dhammā, ekato va uppajjanti Miln 49). S i.35 (yattha n. ca rūpañ ca asesaŋ uparujjhati taŋ te dhammaŋ idh' aññāya acchiduŋ bhavabandhanaŋ); Sn 1036, 1100; Nd1 435=Nd2 339 (nāma=cattāro arūpino khandhā); DhA iv.100 (on Dh 367): vedanādīnaŋ catunnaŋ rūpakkhandhassa cā ti pañcannaŋ khandhānaŋ vasena pavattaŋ nāmarūpaŋ; DhsA 52: nāmarūpa -- duke nāmakaraṇaṭṭhena nāmaṭṭhena namanaṭṭhena ca nāmaŋ ruppanaṭṭhena rūpaŋ. Cp. D i.223; ii.32, 34, 56, 62; S i.12 (taṇhā nrūpe), 23 (n -- rūpasmiŋ asajjamāna); ii.3, 4, 66 (nrūpassa avakkanti), 101 sq. (id.); M i.53; A i.83, 176; iii.400; iv.385 (˚ārammaṇa); v.51, 56; Sn 355, 537, 756, 909; Dh 367; It 35; Ps i.193; ii.72, 112 sq.; Vbh 294; Nett 15 sq., 28, 69; Miln 46. Nāma+rūpa form an elementary pair D iii.212; Kh iv. Also in the Paṭicca -- samuppāda (q. v.), where it is said to be caused (conditioned) by viññāṇa & to cause saḷāyatana (the 6 senses), D ii.34; Vin i.1 sq.; S ii.6 sq.; Sn 872 (nāmañ ca rūpañca paṭicca phassā; see in detail expld at Nd1 276). Synonymous with nāmarūpa is nāmakāya: Sn 1074; Nd2 338; Ps i.183; Nett 27, 41, 69, 77. <-> In this connection to be mentioned are var. definitions of nāma as the principle or distinguishing mark ("label") of the individual, given by Coms, e. g. Nd1 109, 127; KhA 78; with which cp. Bdhgh's speculation concerning the connotation of nāma mentioned by Mrs. Rh. D. at Dhs. trsl. p. 341. -- 3. Use of Cases. Instr. nāmena by name PvA 1 (Petavatthū ti n.); Mhvs vii.32 (Sirīsavatthu n.). -- acc. nāma (the older form, cp. Sk. nāma) by name S i.33, 235 (Anoma˚); Sn 153, 177; J i.59 (ko nām' esa "who by name is this one"=what is his name), 149 (nāmena Nigrodhamigarājā n.), 203 (kiŋsaddo nāma esa); ii.4; iii.187; vi.364 (kā nāma tvaŋ). See also evaŋnāma, kinnāma; & cp. the foll. -- 4. nāma (acc.) as adv. is used as emphatic particle=just, indeed, for sure, certainly J i.222; ii.133, 160, 326; iii.90; PvA 6, 13, 63 etc. Therefore freq. in exclamation & exhortation ("please," certainly) J vi.367; DhA iii.171; PvA 29 (n. detha do give); in combn with interr. pron.=now, then J i.221 (kiŋ n.), 266 (kathaŋ n.); iii.55 (kiŋ); Kh iv. (ekaŋ n. kiŋ); with neg.=not at all, certainly not J i.222; ii.352; iii.126 etc. -- Often further emphasised or emphasising other part.; e. g. pi (=api) nāma really, just so Vin i.16 (seyyathā p. n.); Sn p. 15 (id.); VvA 22 (read nāma kāro); PvA 76; app'(=api) eva n. thus indeed, forsooth Vin i.16; It 89=M i.460; J i.168; Pv ii.26 (=api nāma PvA 80); eva nāma in truth PvA 2; nāma tāva certainly DhAi.392, etc.

-- kamma giving a name, naming, denomination Dhs 1306; Bdhd 83; -- karaṇa name -- giving, "christening" DhA ii.87; -- gahaṇa receiving a name, "being christened" J i.262 (˚divasa) -- gotta ancestry, lineage S i.43 (˚ŋ na jīrati); Sn 648, Nd2 385 (mātāpettikaŋ n.); -- dheyya assigning a name, name -- giving J iii.305; iv.449; v.496; Dhs 1306. -- pada see pada. -- matta a mere name Miln 25.