न [ na ] [ ná ]2 ind. not , no , nor , neither Lit. RV. ( [ nā ] , Lit. x , 34 , 8) ( as well in simple negation as in wishing , requesting and commanding , except in prohibition before an Impv. or an augmentless aor. ( cf. a. [ mā ] ) ; in successive sentences or clauses either simply repeated e.g. Lit. 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 ] ) , [ utá ] , [ api ] , [ cāpi ] , [ vā ] , [ vāpi ] or [ atha vā ] Lit. RV. i , 170 , 1 ; 151 , 9 Lit. Nal. iii , 24 , ; it may even be replaced by [ ca ] , [ vā ] , [ api ca ] , [ api vā ] , alone , as Lit. Mn. ii , 98 Lit. Nal. i , 14 , ; often joined with other particles , beside those mentioned above esp. with a following [ tu ] , [ tv eva ] , [ tv eva tu ] , [ ced ] q.v. , [ khalu ] q.v. , [ ha ] ( cf. g. [ cādi ] and Lit. Pāṇ. 8-1 , 31 ) ; before round or collective numbers and after any numeral in the instr. or abl. it expresses deficiency e.g. [ ekayā na viṃśati ] , not 20 by 1 i.e. 19 Lit. ŚBr. ; [ pañcabhir na catvāri śatāni ] , 395 Lit. ib. ; with another [ na ] or an [ a ] priv. it generally forms a strong affirmation ( cf. Lit. Vām. v , 1 , 9 ) e.g. [ neyaṃ na vakṣyati ] , she will most certainly declare Lit. Śak. iii , 9 ; [ nādaṇḍyo 'sti ] , he must certainly be punished Lit. Mn. viii , 335 ; it may also , like [ a ] , form compounds Lit. Vām. v , 2 , 13 ( cf. below ) )

that not , lest , for fear lest ( with Pot.) Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Daś.

like , as , as it were ( only in Veda and later artificial language , e.g. [ gauro na tṛṣitaḥ piba ] , drink like ( lit. " not " i.e. " although not being " ) a thirsty deer ; in this sense it does not coalesce metrically with a following vowel) . ( cf. Gk. 1 ; Lat. (ne-) ; Angl.Sax. (ne) , " not " ; Eng. (no) , ) -2.