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Namaste (Namas + te) is derived from Sanskrit and is a combination of the word namas and the second person dative pronoun in its enclitic form, te. [7] The word namaḥ takes the sandhi form namas before the sound te. [8] [9] It is found in the Vedic literature.
Namas (rishi), a Hindu rishi (sage) Nama people, an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana; Namas Chandra (born 1952), Indian-American engineering professor; Nămaş, a village in Bistra Commune, Alba County, Romania; Namaste, a customary greeting from the Sanskrit for "bow, obesiance" Keshava Namas, 24 names of Bhagavan in ...
Namus has been translated into English from the Turkish language with different meanings. Honor is used to mean namus in the English language translation of Filiz Kardam's 2005 paper on namus cinayetleri (literally namus murders, used mainly in newspapers), but, as Nüket Kardam has written, chastity is a more accurate translation than honor.
Nāma is Sanskrit for name.In this context its meaning is the creative power. Alternate meanings in the Granth Sahib include shabda (word), kirtan (melody). In Arabic it is kalam (kalam meaning "pen") "a" indicates something that's written by pen, in Chinese it means Tao.
In Croatia, name day (Croatian: imendan) is a day corresponding to a date in the Catholic calendar when the respective saint's day is celebrated. Even though the celebration of the name day is less usual than celebrating a birthday, the name day is more often the occasion of congratulations from a broader number of acquaintances.
The Native American Music Awards (also known as the NAMAs or "Nammys") are an awards program presented annually by Elbel Productions, Inc.,The Native American Music Awards Inc., and The Native American Music Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated in 1998, [1] which recognizes outstanding musical achievement in styles associated with Native Americans, predominantly in the ...
If you're a fan of "Mean Girls," you know the date of October 3 is slightly more "fetch" than the other days of the year.Since the release of the hit comedy movie in 2004, Oct. 3 has commonly been ...
According to varying believers, Nichiren cited the mantra in his Ongi Kuden, [12] [dubious – discuss] a transcription of his lectures about the Lotus Sutra, Namu (南無) is a transliteration into Japanese of the Sanskrit namas, and Myōhō Renge Kyō is the Sino-Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese title of the Lotus Sutra (hence, Daimoku ...