नम् [ nam ] [ nam ] Root cl. [1] P. [ námati ] ( Lit. Dhātup. xxiii , 12) , [ °te ] ( mostly intrans. ; cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 3-1 , 89 ; pr. p. Ā. [ namāna ] Lit. R. ; pf. P. [ nānāma ] Lit. RV. ; 2. sg. [ nemitha ] , or [ nanantha ] Lit. Vop. ; Subj. [ nanámas ] Lit. RV. ; 3. pl. [ nemur ] Lit. Kāv. ; Ā. [ neme ] Lit. RV. ; 3. pl. [ -nanamire ] Lit. MBh. ; aor. P. [ anān ] Lit. Kāṭh. ; [ anaṃsīt ] Lit. Daś. ; Ā. [ anaṃsta ] Gr. ; 3. pl. [ anaṃsata ] Lit. Br. ; Subj. [ naṃsai ] , [ naṃsante ] Lit. RV. ; fut. [ naṃsyati ] Lit. Br. ; [ namiṣyati ] Lit. Hariv. ; [ nantā ] Lit. Siddh. ; inf. [ -námam ] , [ -náme ] Lit. RV. ; [ nantum ] , [ namitum ] Lit. Kāv. ; ind.p. [ natvā ] Lit. BhP. Lit. Kathās. ; [ -natya ] Lit. Br. ; [ -namya ] Lit. MBh.) to bend or bow (either trans. or oftener intr. ) to bow to , subject or submit , one's self ( with gen. dat. or acc.) Lit. RV. ; ( with [ hiruk ] ) to turn away , keep aside Lit. AV. iv , 1 , 3 ; to turn towards i.e. to aim at (gen.) with (instr.) Lit. RV. i , 165 , 6 ; to yield or give way , keep quiet or be silent Lit. Bālar. vi , 12 ; (in gram.) to change a dental letter into a cerebral Lit. RPrāt. : Pass. [ namyate ] , to be bent or bowed ; yield or submit to Lit. TUp. iii , 10 , 4 : Caus. [ namáyati ] Lit. RV. ( [ nāmayati ] Lit. Up. ; [ nāmyati ] ( ! ) Lit. Mṛicch. i , 30 ; aor. [ anīnamat ] Lit. RV. ; Pass. [ nāmyate ] , [ °ti ] Lit. MBh. ) to cause to bow or sink , incline Lit. RV. ; ( with [ cāpam ] ) to bend a bow Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. ; to turn away or ward off Lit. RV. ; to aim at (gen.) , Lit. ix , 97 , 15 ; (in gram.) to change a dental letter into a cerebral Lit. RPrāt. : Desid. [ ninaṃsati ] , Lit. Gṛ. :Intens. [ nánnamīti ] Lit. RV. ; [ nannamyate ] Lit. KātyŚr. ( 3. sg. [ námnate ] impf. [ anamnata ] , p. [ námamāna ] Lit. RV.) to bow or submit one's self to (dat.) . Lit. RV. Lit. Br. ( cf. Zd. (nam) , (nemaiti) ; Gk. 1 , 2 , 3 ; Lat. (nemus) ; Goth. , Old Sax. , Angl.Sax. (niman) ; HGerm. (nëman) , (nëmen) , (nehmen) . )