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नवकर्मिक (navakarmika)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
नवकर्मिक navakarmika
adj.
 superintendent of the construction of an edifice
Monier Williams Cologne
English
नव—कर्मिक
mfn.
 superintendent of the construction of an edifice,
Buddh.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
navakarmika (= Pali °kammika, said to mean repairer of buildings, but see below): Mvy 〔8735〕 °kaḥ = Tib. lag gi bla, which Das defines as one who does general menial service to the congregation of lamas in a monastery
MSV 〔i.235.6, 9〕
〔ii.145.13〕
he was as a rule himself a monk, but inferior in position and function, as shown by Jm 〔113.22〕 (vs) āvāsikaḥ so 'stu mahāvihāre kacaṅgalāyāṃ navakarmikaś ca (as a punishment). That the navakammika in Pali, too, was low in station among monks is shown by the story of Sudhamma, Vin. 〔ii.15.30 ff.〕 (āvāsiko … navakammiko dhuvabhattiko), and navakamme in Jāt. 〔iv.378.29〕 seems to mean manual labor (certainly not repairing, since a new structure was being built). I have found no Pali comm.ʼs interpretation, but the Pali word seems to need reexamination. Perhaps lit. (one who performs) new-initiateʼs work (see nava).
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Navakarmika (EI 16, 23
LL), superintendent of a work
(possibly of repairs)
cf. Navakamika (EI 4, 20), an overseer
of work (building or repairing operations)
superintendent of
building operations. Cf. Navakarmapati.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
नवकर्मिक m. Aufseher bei einem Neubau, Mahāvy. 270, 22
Jātakam. 19, 21. 2. नवग्रह Adj. auch S II, 146, 3.