Dear Rett, Jadhao and friends,

thanks for the information. That is very useful.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, R.O.Jadhao wrote:

I think its sanskrit namah + te = namaste


----- Original Message -----
> From: rett
>
> namaste = namas te
>
> namas is a noun, and te is a second person dative enclitic form.
honour to you.
>
> 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.