Namashcamasa, Namaścamasa, Namas-camasa: 1 definition

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Namashcamasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Namaścamasa can be transliterated into English as Namascamasa or Namashcamasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Namashchamasa.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Namaścamasa (नमश्चमस).—

1) a kind of cake.

2) the moon.

3) magic.

Derivable forms: namaścamasaḥ (नमश्चमसः).

Namaścamasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms namas and camasa (चमस).

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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.

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