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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Namataka (nt.) [word & etym. doubtful; cp. nantaka & Bdhgh. Vin ii.317: matakan (sic) ti<br />

satthakavedhanaka' (=ve&hanaka') pilotikakha*.a'] a piece of cloth Vin ii.115 (satthaka), 123, 267 (˚'<br />

dh!reti).<br />

Namati<br />

Namati [Ved. namati, Idg. *nem to bend; also to share out, cp. Gr. ne/mw, Goth. niman=Ger. nehmen. See<br />

cognates in Walde loc. cit. under nemus] to bend, bend down (trs. & instr.) direct, apply S i.137 (citta'); Sn<br />

806; J i.61 (aor. nami, citta'). -- Caus. nameti (not n!meti, Fsb. to Sn 1143 n!menti, which is to be<br />

corrected to n' âpenti) to bend, to wield Dh 80=145 (namayati). As n!meti at J vi.349. pp. namita (q. v.).<br />

Namana<br />

Namana (nt.) [a philosophical term constructed by Bdhgh. from n!ma, cp. ruppana -- r(pa] naming, giving<br />

a name KhA 78; DhsA 52 (see n!ma2); Vism 528.<br />

Naman!<br />

Naman! (f.) [abstr. to namati, cp. Sk. namana nt.] bent, application, industry Vbh 352.<br />

Namassati<br />

Namassati [Ved. namasyati, Denom. fr. namo] to pay honour to, to venerate, honour, do homage to (often<br />

with pañjalika & añjali' katv!) Sn 236, 485, 598, 1058, 1063; Nd2 334; J iii.83; Pv ii.1220; KhA 196; pot.<br />

namasseyya It 110; Dh 392, 1st pl. namassemu Sn 995; ppr. namassa' Sn 334, 934; namassanto SnA 565,<br />

& (usually) namassam!na Sn 192, 1142; Nd1 400; J ii.73; VvA 7. -- aor. namassi'su Sn 287. -- ger.<br />

namassitv! J i.1. -- grd. (as adj.) namassaniya (venerable), Miln 278.<br />

Namassana<br />

Namassana (nt.) (?) veneration J i.1.<br />

Namassiy!<br />

Namassiy! (namass!) (f.) [Sk. namasy!] worship, venera- tion Miln 140.<br />

Namita<br />

Namita [pp. nameti] bent on, disposed to ( -- ˚), able or capable of J iii.392 (pabbajj!ya -- namita -- citta);<br />

Miln 308 (phalabh!ra˚).<br />

Namo<br />

Namo (nt.) & Nama (nt.) [Ved. namas, cp. Av. n8mo prayer; Gr. ne/mos, Lat. nemus (see namati)] nomage,<br />

veneration, esp. used as an exclamation of adoration at the beginning of a book (namo tassa Bhagavato<br />

Arahato Samm!sambuddhassa) Sn 540, 544; PvA 1, 67.<br />

Namuci<br />

Namuci (Np.) a name of M!ra.<br />

Naya

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