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namati

Namati

to bend, bend down (trs. & instr.) direct, apply SN.i.137 (cittaṃ) Snp.806 ; Ja.i.61 (aor. nami, cittaṃ) caus nameti ( not nāmeti, Fsb. to Snp.1143 nāmenti, which is to be corrected to n’ âpenti) to bend, to wield Dhp.80 = Dhp.145 (namayati). As nāmeti at Ja.vi.349 . pp. namita (q.v.). Ved. namati, …

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to bend, bend down (trs. & instr.) direct, apply SN.i.137 (cittaṃ) Snp.806; Ja.i.61 (aor. nami, cittaṃ)
caus nameti (not nāmeti, Fsb. to Snp.1143 nāmenti, which is to be corrected to n’ âpenti) to bend, to wield Dhp.80 = Dhp.145 (namayati). As nāmeti at Ja.vi.349. pp. namita (q.v.).

Ved. namati, Idg. *nem to bend; also to share out, cp. Gr. νέμω, Goth. niman = Ger. nehmen. See cognates in Walde loc. cit. under nemus

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