Nath, Nāth: 10 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNāth (नाथ्).—1 P. (nāthati, but sometimes Ā. also)
1) To ask, beg, solicit for anything (with dat. or two acc.); मोक्षाय नाथते मुनिः (mokṣāya nāthate muniḥ) Vop.; नाथसे किमु पतिं न भूभृतः (nāthase kimu patiṃ na bhūbhṛtaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 13.59; संतुष्ट- मिष्टानि तमिष्टदेवं नाथन्ति के नाम न लोकनाथम् (saṃtuṣṭa- miṣṭāni tamiṣṭadevaṃ nāthanti ke nāma na lokanātham) N.3.25; वनं न यायादिति नाथमानः (vanaṃ na yāyāditi nāthamānaḥ) Bu. Ch.2.54.
2) To have power, be master, prevail.
3) To harass, trouble.
4) To bless, wish well to, give blessings to; (said to be Ātm. only in this sense); धृत्या नाथस्व वैदेहि (dhṛtyā nāthasva vaidehi)... Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.12; नाथितशमे (nāthitaśame) Mv.1.11; (Mammaṭa quotes the line dīnaṃ tvāmanunāthate kucayugaṃ patrāvṛtaṃ mā kṛthāḥ to show that nāth here only means 'to ask or beg', and says that nāthate should, therefore, be nāthati); सर्पिषो नाथते (sarpiṣo nāthate) Sk.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNāth (नाथ्).—[(ṛ) nāthṛ] r. 1st cl. (nāthati-te) 1. To ask or beg. 2. To bless. 3. To destroy. 4. To have wealth or power. 5. To be deceased. upatāpe para0 āśiṣi ātma0 aiśye arthane ca para0 bhvā0 saka0 seṭ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNāth (नाथ्).—Nath and nādh NĀDh (akin to nam), i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] (also [Parasmaipada.], Mahābhārata 3, 12630). To beg, Mahābhārata 12, 1365 (with gen. of the object, Mahābhārata 3, 12630).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNāth (नाथ्).—nāthate (nāthati), [participle] nāthita (q.v.) seek aid; beg or ask for ([genetive] or *[dative] of th. or 2 [accusative]). [Causative] nāthayati cause to ask.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nāth (नाथ्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha ii, 6]) nāthate, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka] etc. (ti, [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara]; [perfect tense] nanātha; [Aorist] anāthīt; [future] nāthiṣyati, or nāthitā [grammar]; [infinitive mood] nāthitum, [Kathāsaritsāgara]; [indeclinable participle] -nāthya, [Prabodha-candrodaya])
—to seek aid, approach with prayers or requests ([locative case]), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka];
—to ask, solicit, beg for ([genitive case] of thing, [Mahābhārata iii, 126, 30]; cf. [Pāṇini 2-3, 55]; [dative case] of th°, [Vopadeva]; with 2 [accusative] [Naiṣadha-carita iii, 25]);—to have power, be master, [Dhātupāṭha] :—[Causal] nāthayati, to cause a person to ask for anything id est. to grant a request ([accusative]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] ([Bombay edition]), [ii, 9, 25.]
2) to harass, destroy, [Dhātupāṭha]
3) cf. √nādh; [Gothic] nithan, Old [Saxon] ginātha, nAsa; Hgerm. genāde, gnade.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNāth (नाथ्):—[(ña, ṛ) nāthati-te] 1. c. To ask or beg; to bless; to have power; to be distressed; to destroy.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Nath in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a nose-ring; nose-rope (for bullocks, etc.); —[utarana] in feudal times, a ceremony amongst prostitutes when a young girl stepped into the family profession and was surrendered to a wealthy customer for the first time in return for enormous reward or consideration..—nath (नथ) is alternatively transliterated as Natha.
2) Nath in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) ruination, destruction..—nath (नाठ) is alternatively transliterated as Nāṭha.
3) Nath in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a master, husband; nose-rope (of a bullock etc.); a member of the mediaeval religious sect called the [nathapamtha; ~pamtha] a mystical mediaeval religious sect; —[pamthi] an adherent of the ~[pamtha]..—nath (नाथ) is alternatively transliterated as Nātha.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryNath is another spelling for नाथ [nātha].—n. 1. lord; creator; master; 2. god; 3. husband; 4. nose-rope (of an ox); 5. yogis who wear large; distinctive;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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