Netti, Nettī: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Netti means something in Buddhism, Pali, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
A Yakkha chieftain. D.iii.204.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Biology (plants and animals)
Netti [நெட்டி] in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Aeschynomene americana L. from the Fabaceae (Pea) family. For the possible medicinal usage of netti, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Netti in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Aeschynomene indica L. from the Fabaceae (Pea) family having the following synonyms: Aeschynomene diffusa, Aeschynomene kashmiriana, Aeschynomene pumila.
1) Netti in India is the name of a plant defined with Aeschynomene aspera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. (among others).
2) Netti is also identified with Aeschynomene indica It has the synonym Hedysarum alpinum Lour. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Taxon (1979)
· Tropical Plant Science Research. New Delhi (1983)
· Veterinary Pathology (2003)
· Journal de Botanique (1813)
· Grammar of the Hausa Language. (1862)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (5666)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Netti, for example side effects, extract dosage, health benefits, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
netti : (f.) 1. craving; 2. conduit.
Netti, (f.) (Vedic netrī, f. to netṛ) a guide, conductor; support (=nettika2) It. 37 (āhāra°-pabhava), 38 (bhava°), 94 (netticchinna bhikkhu=Arahant). Cp. nettika2 & dhamma°, bhava°. (Page 377)
netti (နေတ္တိ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[nī+ti.nenti etāya satteti netti,rajju.nīti,dhā.111.(netri-saṃ)]
[နီ+တိ။ နေန္တိ ဧတာယ သတ္တေတိ နေတ္တိ၊ ရဇ္ဇု။ နီတိ၊ ဓာ။ ၁၁၁။ (နေတြိ-သံ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
netti—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကြိုး။ (၂) ကြိုးနှင့်တူသော တပ်မက်မှု 'တဏှာ'။ (၃) ဝိနည်းပါဠိ။ (၄) (ပရိယတ်) တရား။ (၅) သူတော်ကောင်းတရား၊ မဂ်,ဖိုလ်,နိဗ္ဗာန် (သဒ္ဓမ္မ)။ (၆) ဒေသနာဟာရ စသော နည်းဥပဒေ။ (၇) ဒေသနာဟာရ စသော နည်းဥပဒေ-တို့ကို-ပြကြောင်း-ပြရာ-ဖြစ်သောကျမ်း၊ နေတ္တိကျမ်း။ (၈) ရေမြောင်း (မြစ်,ကျိုင်းကောင်း,ထန်းမြွေ,အကြီးအကဲ,မိန်းမ,ဆောင်တတ်သော မိန်းမ,လက္ခမ်နတ်သမီး။ ကောတ္တုဘ)။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Rope. (2) A bondage similar to rope 'restraint'. (3) Vinaya. (4) (Propositions) Doctrine. (5) The good teachings of the noble one, Magga, Phala, Nibbana (the Dhamma). (6) Doctrines such as Dhamma teachings. (7) Scriptures that show the doctrines such as Dhamma teachings, Niddesa. (8) Female spirits (river, wavy goddess, mermaid, powerful woman, skilled woman, and goddess of fortune).

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Kannada-English dictionary
Neṭṭi (ನೆಟ್ಟಿ):—[noun] = ನೆಟಿಗೆ [netige].
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Netti (ನೆತ್ತಿ):—
1) [noun] the top part of the skull or head; the crown.
2) [noun] the top part of the body in humans, the apes, etc.; the head.
3) [noun] the part of the face between the eyebrows and the line where the hair normally begins.
4) [noun] the upper part or portion of anything.
5) [noun] the crest or summit of a hill or mountain ending in a point; a peak.
6) [noun] ನೆತ್ತಿಕಣ್ಣಾಗು [nettikannagu] netti kaṇṇāgu to become very haughty or overbearing; to behave insolently; ನೆತ್ತಿಗೇರು [nettigeru] nettigēru = ನೆತ್ತಿಹತ್ತು [nettihattu]; ನೆತ್ತಿಬೀಳು [nettibilu] nettibīḷu (the tender crown of children) to dip a little; ನೆತ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊರು [nettiyalli horu] nettiyalli horu (fig.) to undertake very sincerely, religiously and humbly, a work as directed, instructed by another.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Neṭṭi (நெட்டி) noun
1. Joints of the body; உடற்பொருத்து. [udarporuthu.]
2. Bone; எலும்பு. (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [elumbu. (agarathi nigandu)]
3. [Telugu: neṭika.] Cracking noise of the finger-joints; சுடக்கு. [sudakku.] (W.)
4. Idleness, laziness; சோம் பல். [som pal.] (நாமதீபநிகண்டு [namathipanigandu] 711.)
5. Sola pith,
1. shrub, Aeschynomene aspera; கிடேச்சு. [kidechu.] (நாமதீபநிகண்டு [namathipanigandu] 343.)
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Netti (நெத்தி) noun < நத்தி. [nathi.] Swimming bladder of a fish; மீன் நீந்திச்செல்லுதற்குக் காரணமான மிதவைப் பை. [min ninthichellutharkug karanamana mithavaip pai.] Local usage
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+15): Nettiatthakatha, Nettibayi, Netticai, Netticceti, Netticchinna, Nettidege, Nettidhamma, Nettidhammanulomika, Nettiga, Nettigan, Nettiganna, Nettigantha, Nettige, Nettigemuri, Nettihadaya, Nettihattu, Nettika, Nettikkorai, Nettimuri, Nettimuttu.
Full-text (+108): Narukkunetti, Nettimuri, Punetti, Niti, Bhavanetti, Arru netti, Khepeti, Dhammanetti, Nettivanku, Nettipali, Nettikkorai, Kotinetti, Nettippori, Nettivelai, Nernetti, Nettippul, Nirnetti, Piccunetti, Vayalnetti, Nettitika.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 166 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 1]
Page 18 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 1]
Page 482 < [Kannada-English-Malayalam (1 volume)]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
Occupational Exposure to Urban Air Pollution and Allergic Diseases < [Volume 12, Issue 10 (2015)]
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Laser Surgical Approach of Upper Labial Frenulum: A Systematic Review < [Volume 20, Issue 2 (2023)]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part 16/17 - Netti & Petakopadesa < [Chapter VIII - Khuddaka Nikaya]
Buddhist Perspective on the Development of Social Welfare (by Ashin Indacara)
4. Basic Twofold Kinds of Virtue (Sīla) < [Chapter 5 - The Accomplishment of Virtue and Wisdom]
11. Classes of Virtue < [Chapter 5 - The Accomplishment of Virtue and Wisdom]
19. Characteristics Of Paññā < [Chapter 5 - The Accomplishment of Virtue and Wisdom]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
The Limited-Space Kasiṇa < [Chapter V - The Remaining Kasiṇas (Sesa-kasiṇa-niddesa)]
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Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)