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Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Namayati (नमयति):—Ability to bend; an adverse effect attributed to excessive use (Atiyoga) of Tikta rasa.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Nāmayati (नामयति).—(compare also nāmita; caus. of namati, which alone seems to be recorded in Pali in these senses, tho nāmeti occurs in the literal sense, bend, trans.; see namati, which in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] is much rarer in these senses), (1) inclines, with object cittaṃ, and remoter object (to, towards) dat. or loc. or infin.: āhāram āhartuṃ cittaṃ nāmayati sma Lalitavistara 264.12—13, inclined (made up) his mind to take food; bodhāya cittaṃ nāmetvā Mahāvastu ii.362.17; 364.11; cittaṃ bodhāya nāmaye 367.13; nāmetva cittaṃ sahalokanāthe 385.24, directing (centering) his thought towards (upon) the Buddha; cittaṃ bodhāya nāmayet Śikṣāsamuccaya 5.18; (2) with other objects than cittaṃ, directs, applies, something (acc.) to (dat. or loc.): (citrācāryo…) citrārthe nāmayed raṅgān Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 48.9 (verse), would put colors to use for a picture; yac ca śubhaṃ mayi saṃcitu kiṃcid bodhayi (dat.) nāmayamī (= °yāmi, m.c.) ahu sarvaṃ Bhadracarī 12; sabhāgacarīye (dat.) nāmayamī kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ 42; nāmayamī kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ 55 (construe with next),…kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ nāmayamī vara-Bhadracarīye 56; sarva kuśala- mūlaṃ bodhaye nāmayāmaḥ Lalitavistara 369.4 (verse), let us apply all roots of merit unto enlightenment; seems used almost in the sense of upanāmayati, q.v., presents, in: gṛhītva Brahma ojavindu bodhisattva (loc. in sense? § 8.11) nāmayī Lalitavistara 74.2 (verse), Brahma, taking the drop-of-might (elixir), applied (presented?) it to the B.

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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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Ends with: Abhinamayati, Abhinirnamayati, Adhinamayati, Apanamayati, Atinamayati, Nirnamayati, Parinamayati, Pranamayati, Samnamayati, Samupanamayati, Upanamayati, Vitinamayati, Vyupanamayati.

Full-text (+6): Nam, Nama, Unnam, Vinam, Pronam, Anam, Atinam, Anunama, Anunam, Namati, Namita, Samunnam, Namana, Pranam, Samvartana, Vyatinamati, Vitinamati, Nati, Uṇṇa, Samnam.

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