नमस्कार (namaskāra) is a Sanskrit word meaning the exclamation namas, adoration, or homage, a sort of poison, a kind of plant, respectful or reverential salutation, a sensitive plant, respectful or reverential address. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Adoration, Homage, Salutation, A Kind of Plant (Namaskārī), A Type of Poison.
नमस्कार (namaskāra) [Printed book page 136-3] नमस्कार (namaskāra) namas-kārá, m. the exclamation ‘namas;’ obeisance, salutation, adoration, homage: -vat,a. containing adoration; -kārya,fp. to be adored; -kṛta,pp. adored; -kṛti,f., -kriyā,f. adoration, reverence homage. [ID=10300]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Respectful or reverential salutation. 2. A sort of poison. 3. A sensitive plant.
नमस् (namas)कार (kāra) (namaskāra) [Printed book page 454] नमस् (namas)कार (kāra) (namaskāra) m. (-रः (-raḥ))
1 Respectful or reverential address or salutation.
2 A sort of poison. f. (-री (-rī)) A sensitive plant.
E. नमस् (namas) bowing, and कार (kāra) making, fem. affix ङीप् (ṅīp).
[ID=21108]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Respectful or reverential address. 2. A sort of poison. 3. The sensitive plant.
नमस्कार (namaskāra) [Printed book page 405-b] नम-स्कार (nama-skāra)(रः) ((raḥ)) 1. m. Respectful or reverential address. a. Sort of poison. f. (री (rī)) Sensitive plant. [ID=20599]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
reverential salutation
नमस् (namas)कार (namaskāra) [Printed book page 369-08] नमस् (namas)-कार (namas-kāra)m. reverential salutation, (with the utterance of the word नमस् (namas)). [ID=18892]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Respectful salutation. 2. A sort of poison. Feminine: A sensitive plant.
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Definitions on this page come from 9 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
