धातुः: नम्
मूलधातुः: णम
धात्वर्थः: प्रह्वत्वे शब्दे च
गणः: भ्वादिः
कर्मकत्वं: अकर्मकः
इट्त्वं: सेट्
उपग्रहः: परस्मैपदी
रूपम्: नमति


nāmayati (cf. also nāmita; caus. of namati, which alone seems to be recorded in Pali in these senses, tho nāmeti occurs in the literal sense, bend, trans.; see namati, which in BHS is much rarer in these senses),
(1) inclines, with object cittaṃ, and remoter object (to, towards) dat. or loc. or infin.: āhāram āhartuṃ cittaṃ nāmayati sma LV 〔264.12—13〕, inclined (made up) his mind to take food; bodhāya cittaṃ nāmetvā Mv 〔ii.362.17〕; 〔364.11〕; cittaṃ bodhāya nāmaye 〔367.13〕; nāmetva cittaṃ sahalokanāthe 〔385.24〕, directing (centering) his thought towards (upon) the Buddha; cittaṃ bodhāya nāmayet Śikṣ 〔5.18〕;
(2) with other objects than cittaṃ, directs, applies, something (acc.) to (dat. or loc.): (citrācāryo …) citrārthe nāmayed raṅgān Laṅk 〔48.9〕 (vs), would put colors to use for a picture; yac ca śubhaṃ mayi saṃcitu kiṃcid bodhayi (dat.) nāmayamī (= °yāmi, m.c.) ahu sarvaṃ Bhad 〔12〕; sabhāgacarīye (dat.) nāmayamī kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ 42; nāmayamī kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ 55 (construe with next), … kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ nāmayamī vara- Bhadracarīye 56; sarva kuśalamūlaṃ bodhaye nāmayāmaḥ LV 〔369.4〕 (vs), let us apply all roots of merit unto enlightenment; seems used almost in the sense of upanāmayati, q.v., presents, in: gṛhītva Brahma ojavindu bodhisattva (loc. in sense? 〔§ 8.11〕) nāmayī LV 〔74.2〕 (vs), Brahma, taking the drop-of-might (elixir), applied (presented?) it to the B.


नामयति (nAmayati)

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