# नमस्कार (namaskāra)

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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.

- **Etymology:** E. नमस् bowing, and कार making, fem. affix ङीप् — E. namas bowing, and kāra making, fem. affix ṅīp
- **SLP1:** `namaskAra`  **IAST:** namaskāra  **Devanagari:** नमस्कार
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/namaskara/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Adoration, Homage, Salutation (9 definitions)
- the exclamation namas, adoration, or homage  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 528,1] नमस् (namas) — कार (—kāra) m. the exclamation ‘namas’, adoration, homage, Atharva-veda (Title); Brāhmaṇa (Literary category) &c. [ ID=103851 ]
- Obeisance, salutation, adoration, or homage.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Respectful or reverential salutation. 2. A sort of poison. 3. A sensitive plant.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Respectful or reverential address. 2. A sort of poison. 3. The sensitive plant.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- reverential salutation  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Respectful salutation. 2. A sort of poison. Feminine: A sensitive plant.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नमस् (namas) कार (kāra) (namaskāra) [Printed book page 379-a ] 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 अच० गौरा० ङीष्; (aca0 gaurā0 ṅīṣ;) or नमस् (namas) + कृ + घञ् । (namas + kṛ + ghañ.) [ ID=21094 ]
- Adoration  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नमस्कार (namaskāra) [Printed book page 0458-b ] नमस्कार (namaskāra) namas-kāra, m. and नम - (nama-) स्क्रिया (skriyā) namas-kriyā, f. Adoration, Nal. 5, 16; MBh. 15, 954. — Comp. Nis-namas- kāra, adj. 1. respecting nobody, Rām. 2, 24, 24. 2. respected by nobody, Man. 9, 239. [ ID=7215 ]
- 1. An exclamation of reverence. 2. Worship or adoration.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नमस् (namas) कार (namaskāra) [Printed book page 261 ] नमस् (namas) कार (namaskāra) m. exclamation of नमस् (namas), worship, adoration. [ ID=15837 ]
- adoration  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > नमस्कार (namaskāra) [Printed book page 180-a ] namas-kārá, m. a making of namas; adoration. [ 171 3.] [ ID=2233 ]

### A Kind of Plant (Namaskārī) (1 definition)
- a kind of plant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 528,1] नमस् (namas) — कारी (—kārī) ( ई (ī) ), f. a kind of plant [ ID=103854 ]

### A Type of Poison (1 definition)
- a sort of poison  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a sort of poison, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=103853 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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