nāma | नाम | nAma
1. nā/ma | ना/म | ind. (acc. of nā/man | ना/मन् |) by name i.e. named, called, RV. &c. &c. (also with nāmatas | नामतस् | and nāmnā | नाम्ना |)
indeed, certainly, really, of course, ib.
quasi, only in appearance, Jātakam.
however, nevertheless, ib.
after an interr. = then, pray, e.g. kiṃ n˚ | किं न्˚ |, kaṭaṃ n˚ | कटं न्˚ |, kadā | कदा | n˚, what then? pray, what? &c., MBh.; Kāv. &c.
after an Impv. = may it be so, no matter, e.g. Śak. v, 8
api n˚ | अपि न्˚ | at the beginning of a sentence = perhaps, I dare say, e.g. apy eśa nāma Palam icCati | अप्य् एश नाम Pअलम् इच्Cअति |, this man wants perhaps a reward, Mṛcch. viii, 25
with Pot. often = would that, e.g. api nāmEvaṃ syāt | अपि नाम्Eवं स्यात् |, would that it were so, Vikr. v, 19/20
opp. to mā n˚ | मा न्˚ | with Pot. would that not, I should think not, e.g. mā nāma akāryaṃ kuryāt | मा नाम अकार्यं कुर्यात् |, I hope he will not do something wrong, Mṛcch. iii, 26.
2. nāma | नाम | in comp. for nāman | नामन् |, q.v. (sometimes ifc. as in satya- | सत्य- |, q.v.)
indeed, certainly, really, of course, ib.
quasi, only in appearance, Jātakam.
however, nevertheless, ib.
after an interr. = then, pray, e.g. kiṃ n˚ | किं न्˚ |, kaṭaṃ n˚ | कटं न्˚ |, kadā | कदा | n˚, what then? pray, what? &c., MBh.; Kāv. &c.
after an Impv. = may it be so, no matter, e.g. Śak. v, 8
api n˚ | अपि न्˚ | at the beginning of a sentence = perhaps, I dare say, e.g. apy eśa nāma Palam icCati | अप्य् एश नाम Pअलम् इच्Cअति |, this man wants perhaps a reward, Mṛcch. viii, 25
with Pot. often = would that, e.g. api nāmEvaṃ syāt | अपि नाम्Eवं स्यात् |, would that it were so, Vikr. v, 19/20
opp. to mā n˚ | मा न्˚ | with Pot. would that not, I should think not, e.g. mā nāma akāryaṃ kuryāt | मा नाम अकार्यं कुर्यात् |, I hope he will not do something wrong, Mṛcch. iii, 26.
2. nāma | नाम | in comp. for nāman | नामन् |, q.v. (sometimes ifc. as in satya- | सत्य- |, q.v.)