I think its sanskrit namah + te = namaste

R.O. Jadhao

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From: "rett" <rett@...>
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Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] namassati and namaste


> >Dear Vishwanath and friends,
> >
> >I am just curious. Does namaste has the same root as Pali namassati?
> >Do they have the same meaning?
> >
> >>From the PED, namassati is a verb, meaning to pay honour to, to
> >venerate, to do homage to.
> >
> >What about namaste?
>
> namaste = namas te
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> namas is a noun, and te is a second person dative enclitic form. honour to
you.
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> namas is the Sanskrit form which in Pali is almost always represented
> by 'namo' as in "namo tassa bhagavato" (note the dative/genitives).
> One could also say "namo buddhaaya", using an explicitly dative form.
>
> I believe the verb namassati is a denominative verb, that is to say a
> verb derived by adding the '-ya' suffix to a noun. namas + ya + ti.
> the 'y' assimilates to the preceding -s- yielding namas-sa-ti.
>
> best regards,
>
> /Rett
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