anyways.. namaste and namaskar are most widely salutations used in India.
They can be used at any time of the day (as opposed to good morning etc.)

Rajendra Jadhao

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From: "rett" <rett@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] namassati and namaste


> >I think its sanskrit namah + te = namaste
>
> The reason I prefer to write 'namas' is that the stem form really is
> namas, with a final -s, like manas, apsaras. This is visible from the
> forms namaskaroti and namasyati, and is the form in which the word
> is cited in Apte, for example. There is a sandhi rule that 's' in
> final position > visarga (.h) but I wouldn't apply it in the above
> explication since it involves the detour: s > .h > s
>
> best regards,
>
> /Rett
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