of namati bends, turns towards (trans.) corrects

at Snp.1143 (Fsb.) is to be read as nâpenti. Otherwise see under namati.

holds up, raises; makes erect

holds up, raises; makes erect

bends; stretches out; directs (towards, dat./gen.)

makes bend down, lowers; turns away (trans.); takes away, removes

puts out (the tongue)

of ninnāmeti

makes bow; bends down (trans.); lowers

makes bow; bends down (trans.); lowers

makes bend upwards; raises

makes bends towards, makes touch; brings near, hands (to); holds out, offers, presents

makes bend upwards; raises

…one’s body); AN.ii.245 (id.); DN.i.126 (patodalaṭṭhiṃ; opp. apanāmeti to bend down).

abhi, + ud + namati

…MN.i.234; SN.i.123; SN.iv.178; Pp.60.

abhi + ninnāmeti cp. BSk. abhinirṇāmayati Lal.439

…abhinīharati abhininnāmeti* DN.i.76 (= tanninnaṃ tappoṇaṃ karoti DN-a.i.220, DN-a.i.224; variant reading abhini˚) Cp. the latter…

…˚dhāreti, ˚nata, ˚nāmeti, ˚nīta ˚lekhana, ˚loketi, ˚vadati.

Vedic apa; Idg. *apo = Gr. ἀπό, Av. apa, Lat. ab from *ap (cp….

…pakkhamissati etc
pp apanata (q.v.) Caus. apanāmeti.

semantically doubtful

1. to take away, remove MN.i.96 = AN.i.198 (kathaṃ bahiddhā a. carry outside) Kp.viii.4 (= aññaṃ ṭhānaṃ gameti Kp-a.220).
2. [= Sk. ava-namati] to bend down, lower, put down Vin.ii.208 (chattaṃ); SN …

to pass time AN.i.206; Mil.345.

BSk. atināmayati, e.g. Divy.82, Divy.443; ati + nāmeti

extending, stretching forth, gesture of lifting up the hands as a token of reverence (cp. E. to “tender” one’s respect), putting the ten fingers together and raising them to the head (Vv-a.7: dasanak …

…a day AN.i.206 (˚ṃ atināmeti); Ja.iii.52 (uposatha˚); Pv-a.31 (yāva sattadivasā a week long), Pv-a.74 (sattamo divaso) Usually in…

1. the panels of the door, the door proper, not the aperture Vin.ii.114, Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.207, Vin.ii.208 (see Vin.ii.148 for the description of a door), Vin.iv.269, Vin.iv.304 (˚baddha = āvasatha); …

…= Dhp.145 (namayati). As nāmeti at Ja.vi.349. pp. namita (q.v.).

Ved. namati, Idg. *nem to bend;…

bent on, disposed to (-˚), able or capable of Ja.iii.392 (pabbajjāya-namita-citta); Mil.308 (phalabhāra˚).

pp. nameti

to bend down, put out (the tongue) DN.i.106 (jivhaṃ = nīharati DN-a.i.276) Ja.i.163, Ja.i.164; cp. Divy.7, Divy.71 (nirṇāmayati).

Caus. of ni + namati

instrumental to incline, bend down to, bow to (dat.) Mil.220, Mil.234 (oṇamati & oṇamissati), Mil.400; DN-a.i.112. Caus. oṇāmeti MN.ii.137 (kāyaṃ)
pp oṇata & Caus.; *[oṇamita]( …

having bowed down, bowing down Mil.234.

pp. of oṇameti, Caus. of nam

1. to change (trs. & intrs.), lit. to bend round, to turn (round), to be transformed into (acc.) SN.iii.3 (reading pariṇamati once, at other passages vi˚, cp. p. 40); Mil.136 (bhojanaṃ visamaṃ p food …

to bend to, to change into, to turn to use for somebody, to procure for, obtain appropriate DN.i.92; Vin.iii.259 (puttassa rajjaṃ p. for his son); Vin.iv.156; Pv-a.281
ppr -ṇāmayamāna Ja.v.424. …

1. bent down Ja.vi.269 (of trees, overladen with fruit, C. explains as “entangled”)
2. issued, apportioned, destined Ja.v.171; Pv-a.254.

pp. of pariṇāmeti

one who destines or makes develop, fate, destiny Ja.vi.189.

n. ag. of pariṇāmeti

…(= sandhiyo paṭippanāmeti). 3. to lay out, put forth, offer for sale Vin.ii.291; Dhp-a.ii.89

pp pasārita (q.v.)…

to bend, to be bent or inclined Pts.i.165, Pts.i.167
pp paṇata ibid
caus panāmeti (q.v.).

pa + nam

bending, salutation, obeisance (cp. paṇāmeti 1) Vv-a.321 (˚ṃ karoti = añjaliṃ karoti)
■ As paṇāmana nt. at Ja.iv.307.

fr. pa + nam, see paṇamati

Paṇāma

bowing, bow, ob …

1. to bend forth or over, stretch out, raise, in phrase añjaliṃ p. to raise the hands in respectful salutation Vin.ii.188; DN.i.118; Snp.p.79.
2. to bend to or over, to shut, in kavāṭaṃ p. to shut t …

1. (= paṇāmeti 1) raised, bent or stretched out Snp.352 (añjalī sup˚).
2. (= paṇāmeti 3) dismissed, given leave Vin.i.54; MN.i.457 (bhikkhusangho); Mil.209 (id.), Mil.187.

pp. of paṇāmeti

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

to make turn back, to send back, ward off, chase away MN.i.327 (siriṃ) SN.iv.152 (ābādhaṃ); Mil.17 (sakaṭāni).

paṭi + pa + Caus. of nam

to bend (back), stretch out Dhs-a.324.

paṭi + paṇāmeti

to set in order arrange, get ready Vin.ii.113, Vin.ii.211, Vin.ii.216; MN.i.456; Ja.iii.72; Mil.15 (pattacīvaraṃ); Vv-a.118 (variant reading ˚yāpeti), Vv-a.157 (variant reading ˚nameti).

paṭi + Ca …

to raise, elevate, Thag.29.

saṃ + unnameti

1. bent down, low Ja.vi.58 (opp. unnata).
2. bent, prepared Ja.v.215 (C. suphassita).

pp. of saṃ + nam, cp. sannāmeti

to bend MN.i.365, MN.i.439, MN.i.450, MN.i.507 = SN.iv.188 (kāyaṃ sannāmeyya-i.e. to writhe) Cp. Cpd. 162 n. 5 (“strengthen”?).

Caus. of saṃ + nam

to practise self-control SN.i.209 (pāṇesu ca saṃyamāmase, translation “if we can keep our hands off living things”)
pp saṃyata
caus saññāmeti to restrain MN.i.365, MN.i.507 …

…+); Vism.306
caus unnāmeti (q.v.)
pp unnara & uṇṇata; (q.v.). Unnala & Unnala;

ud + namati, see…

(unn˚) to raise Dhs-a.5; written uṇṇameti (with a for ā before mutes & liquids at Snp.206 (inf. uṃṇametave).

Caus. of unnamati

…look after; ˚dduta urged; ˚nāmeti place close to; ˚nibandhati tie close to ˚nisīdati sit close to or down by 4. (Intensive use) quite,…

…(= upagacchati C.)
pp upanata; Caus upanāmeti (q.v.).

upa + namati

…attano kāyaṃ Bhagavato upanāmeti); Ja.i.62; Ja.v.215; Snp-a.151. 2. to offer, to present Ja.iv.386; Ja.ii.5; Mil.210, Mil.373; Pv-a.274
…

brought up to, placed against DN.ii.134.

pp. of upanāmeti

…of vijambhikā); Dhtp.208.

fr. vināmeti

to bend, twist Mil.107, Mil.118.

vi + nāmeti; Caus. of namati

to change, alter DN.i.56 (T. ˚ṇamati; but DN-a.i.167 ˚ṇāmeti: sic for ˚ṇāmati!) = SN.iii.211; Pv-a.199.

Denom. fr. vipariṇāma

…Snp.1142 Cnd.594 (= atināmeti)- vivasati is Kern’s proposed reading for vijahati (rattiṃ) at…

…gay with Ja.v.188.

• -nāmeti to make pass (time), to spend the time, to live, pass wait Ja.iii.63, Ja.iii.381;…

…variant reading ānayissati, C. ānessasi = lead to).

ā + nāmeti, Caus. of namati, which is usually spelt nameti

1. to turn over, incline, bend MN.iii.96; Ja.iv.56 (so read for āvijjhanto); DN-a.i.10 (kāyaṃ).
2. to incline (the mind); observe, reflect, muse, think heed, listen for. According to Cpd. 227 often …