Namas: 10 definitions
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Namas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryNamas.—(CII 3), ‘reverence’; an invocation, generally con- nected with the names of gods, at the commencement of ins- criptions. Note: namas is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNamas (नमस्).—ind.
1) A bow, salutation, obeisance, adoration; (this word is, by itself, invariably used with dat.; tasmai vadānyagurave tarave namo'stu Bv.1.94; namastrimūrtaye tubhyam Kumārasambhava 2.4; but with kṛ, generally with acc.; munitrayaṃ namaskṛtya Sk.; but sometimes with dat. also; namaskurmo nṛsiṃhāya ibid. The word has the sense of a noun, but is treated as an indeclinable.)
2) Ved. Food.
3) A thunderbolt.
4) A gift, present.
5) A sacrifice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNamas (नमस्).—ind. 1. Gift, present. 2. Bowing, bending, salutation, obeisance. 3. An inarticulate cry. 4. The term used in connexion with the name of a deity in the fifth case to signify veneration, as rāmāya namaḥ salutation, glory or reverence to Rama. E. nam to bend, and affix asuna-sac .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNamas (नमस्).—[nam + as], n. Bowing, adoration, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 13, 41; [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 52, 17.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNamas (नमस्).—[neuter] bow, obeisance, adoration, homage [with] kṛ pay homage, revere, worship ([dative] [locative], or [accusative]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Namas (नमस्):—[from nam] n. bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration (by gesture or word; often with [dative case] e.g. rāmāya namaḥ, salutation or glory to Rāma, often ind. [gana] svar-ādi; namas-√kṛ, to utter a salutation, do homage; [indeclinable participle] mas-kṛtya [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc. or mas-kṛtvā [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]; namas-kṛta, worshipped, adored), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] food, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii, 7]
3) [v.s. ...] a thunderbolt, [ii, 20]
4) [v.s. ...] gift, donation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] m. (?) an inarticulate cry, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNamas (नमस्):—adv. Gift; bowing; cry. rāmāya namo Salutation to Rāma.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Namas (नमस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇamaṃsa, Ṇamo.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+64): Nama-shravaka, Namahkarana, Namahkari, Namahkartri, Namahkarya, Namahkrita, Namahkriya, Namahshabda, Namahshivaya, Namasa, Namasagara, Namasaka, Namasamgiti, Namasamgraha, Namasamgrahamala, Namasamgrahanighantu, Namasamketa, Namasamkirtana, Namasana, Namasankirtana.
Ends with: Purnamas.
Full-text (+29): Namaskara, Namovaka, Namoguru, Namasvin, Namahkari, Namaskriti, Namovridh, Namasya, Namaskarya, Namo, Namahkaravat, Namahkaravidhi, Namahkarastava, Namahkartri, Namahkriya, Ubhayatonamahkara, Namasvat, Namahkarya, Namassati, Ubhayatonamaskara.
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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XII - Description of the order to be observed in the course of worship < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter XX - Mantra-cures (curative formulas) of snakebite as narrated by Shiva < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter VII - Description of the sun-worship etc. as performed by the Self-origined Manu < [Agastya Samhita]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.1.253 < [Chapter 1 - Meeting Again at the House of Śrī Advaita Ācārya]
Verse 2.1.2 < [Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana]
Verse 3.1.2 < [Chapter 1 - Meeting Again at the House of Śrī Advaita Ācārya]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.22.6 < [Chapter 22 - Nanda and the Gopas See the Realm of Vaikuntha]
Verse 2.9.19 < [Chapter 9 - Brahmā’s Prayers]
Verse 3.4.5 < [Chapter 4 - The Coronation-Bathing of Śrī Kṛṣṇa]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 11.39 < [Chapter 11 - Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga (beholding the Lord’s Universal Form)]
Verse 9.14 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]
Verse 13.3 < [Chapter 13 - Prakṛti-puruṣa-vibhāga-yoga]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Mental Development in Daily Life (by Nina van Gorkom)