Namovakam, Namovākam, Namas-vakam: 1 definition
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Namovākam (नमोवाकम्).—ind. uttering the word नमस् (namas) i. e. making a low obeisance; इदं कविभ्यः पूर्वेभ्यो नमोवाकं प्रशास्महे (idaṃ kavibhyaḥ pūrvebhyo namovākaṃ praśāsmahe) Uttararāmacarita 1.1; -m. नाथायाभिरुपासिताय च नमोवाकानधीयीमहि (nāthāyābhirupāsitāya ca namovākānadhīyīmahi) Viś. Gunā.123.
Namovākam is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms namas and vākam (वाकम्).
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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Partial matches: Namas, Vakam.
Full-text: Namovaka.
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