cam cl. 1. mati ( perf. cacāma aor. acamīt, Vop. ; Pass. acami, ib. ), to sip, drink, Nir. x, 12 ; Bhaṭṭ. ; Jaim. iii, 5, 22 , Sch. ; to eat, Bhaṭṭ. xiv, 53 : Ved. cl. 5. camnoti, Dhātup. xxvii, 27 : Caus. cāmayati, xix, 69 ( cf. ā, anvā; paryācānta, samācamya.)
The corpus record — Sanskrit
cāmī
cam cl. 1. mati ( perf. cacāma aor. acamīt, Vop. ; Pass. acami, ib. ), to sip, drink, Nir. x, 12 ; Bhaṭṭ. ; Jaim. iii, 5, 22 , Sch. ; to eat, Bhaṭṭ. xiv, 53 : Ved. cl. 5. camnoti, Dhātup. xxvii, 27 : Caus. cāmayati, xix, 69 ( cf. ā, anvā; paryācānta, samācamya.)
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- Mandukya Upanisad 1 · 5.13/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k
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Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. cam (vol. 3, scan p. 675; entry #8799).
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