The corpus record — Sanskrit

namas

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Where it lives

Katha Upanisad 1 · 4.64/10k
Bhagavad Gita 2 · 2.33/10k
Taittiriya Upanisad 1 · 1.89/10k
Prasna Upanisad 1 · 1.53/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 4 · 0.53/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. nämas-

nämas- n. Verehrung, Ehrerweisung, verehrungsvolle BegrüBung (RV +); namasänd- huldigend (AV); namasya” Verehrung bezeugen (RV +), namasya- f. Verehrung, Huldigung (RV +), namasyü- verehrend (RV; s. AiGr II 2,244, G. Cardona, SII 5/6 [1980] 43ff.);, namasya- verehrungswürdig (RV +); namasvant-, namasvin- ehrfurchtsvoll (RV; s. AiGr II 2,918). - Mi,, ni., pä. nama(s)- n. Verehrung, namassati verehrt, u.a. (Tu 6958 … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. nämas-, p. 46]

2. نَمَس

namas n. bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration (by gesture or word; often with dat. , e.g. rāmāyanamaḥ, salutation or glory to Rāma , often ind. [ g. svarādi]; namaskṛ, to utter a salutation, do homage; ind.p. maskṛtya [ AV. ; TS. &c.] or maskṛtvā [ MBh. ; BhP. ]; namaskṛta, worshipped, adored), RV. &c. &c.

3. نَمَس

food, Naigh. ii, 7

4. نَمَس

a thunderbolt, ii, 20

In the wild

namas Bhagavad Gita 11.39
namas Bhagavad Gita 11.39
namas Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,8.5
namas Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,2.1
namas Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,2.4
namas Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_5,14.7

6 of 10 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. nämas (vol. 2, scan p. 46; entry #793). Root candidates: *aiti-, *nemes-.

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