Namati: 4 definitions
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Namati means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Namati (नमति) (in Chinese: Na-mo-ti) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Svāti or Svātinakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Svāti] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Namati] for the sake of protection and prosperity.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarynamati : (nam + a) bends; bows down.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNamati, (Ved. namati, Idg. *nem to bend; also to share out, cp. Gr. nέmw, Goth. niman=Ger. nehmen. See cognates in Walde Loc. cit. under nemus) to bend, bend down (trs. & Instr.) direct, apply S. I, 137 (cittaṃ); Sn. 806; J. I, 61 (aor. nami, cittaṃ).—Caus. nameti (not nāmeti, Fsb. to Sn. 1143 nāmenti, which is to be corrected to n’âpenti) to bend, to wield Dh. 80=145 (namayati). As nāmeti at J. VI, 349. pp. namita (q. v.). (Page 347)
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNamati (नमति).—in Lalitavistara 259.21 (verse) said by Foucaux to mean arise, get up, and vinamate, sit down. But I think the mgs. of both are close to or identical with those of normal Sanskrit Line 20 reads, na ca iñjate bhramati vā dhyāyaty āsphānakaṃ dhyānaṃ, and he does not stir nor swerve, he practises the āsph° dhyāna; then 21, na ca namati no vinamate na kāyaparirakṣaṇā spṛśati, and he does not bend (to one side?) nor stoop down… On the other hand, namati is used as in Pali (apparently not in Sanskrit so far as recorded) with object cittaṃ, bends, inclines the mind, thought, with loc. (dat.), towards…; see nāmayati, also used similarly: pravrajyāyai (so Senart, but °ye, which might be loc., is just as plausible; mss. °āryeś, °āyaiś) cittaṃ name (aor.) Mahāvastu i.322.20; ppp., pāṃśukūle cittaṃ nataṃ Lalitavistara 266.3.
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: Na-matikol, Nama-tipanikantu, Namatia, Namatideva, Namatika, Namatipo, Namatirtha.
Ends with (+30): Abbhunnamati, Abhinamati, Abhipranamati, Anamati, Anavaranamati, Anonamati, Anunamati, Apanamati, Bhanamati, Bhuvanamati, Catturu-namati, Cikanamati, Copanamati, Dhanamati, Dolayamanamati, Gunamati, Inamati, Jariinamati, Jariyinamati, Jinamati.
Full-text (+24): Nam, Nameti, Namana, Nata, Namanta, Nami, Abhinamati, Namitva, Namitabba, Anunamati, Vinameti, Upanamati, Vyanam, Nama, Onamati, Anameti, Abhinata, Samunnam, Ninnameti, Abbhunnamati.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.117 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.4.82 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
5. Kṣemendra’s Religion < [Chapter 2 - Kṣemendra: His Life and Works]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.183 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
A Few Types of Assamese Folk-Songs < [December 1947]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa X, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Tenth Kāṇḍa]