nāman | नामन् | nAman
nā/man | ना/मन् | n. (prob. neither fr. √ jẏā | ज्य़ा | nor fr. √ mnā | म्ना | [cf. Uṇ. iv, 150]; ifc. f. either = m. or ˚mnī | ˚म्नी |) a characteristic mark or sign, form, nature, kind, manner, RV.; VS.; AV.
name, appellation, RV. &c. &c.
personal name (as opp. to gotre | गोत्रे |, family n˚; cf. nama-gotra | नम-गोत्र | above), Kāś. on Pāṇ. viii, 2, 23 (often ifc. = named, called, e.g. viśṛu-ṣarma-nāmā paṛqitaḥ | विशृउ-षर्म-नामा पऋक़ितः |, a sage named V˚)
merely the n˚ (as opp. to reality; cf. nāma-ḍāraka | नाम-डारक |, -mātra | -मात्र |, -ṣeśa | -षेश | &c.), a noun (as opp. to a verb), Nir.; Prāt.
substance, essence (in the Mīmāṃsā phil. opp. to guṛa | गुऋअ |, accidental quality)
a good or great name, renown, fame (only ifc.; cf. sva- | स्व- |, suma/ntu- | सुम/न्तु- |)
water, Naigh. i, 11
nāman | नामन् | [cf. Zd. nāman; Gk. ὄ-νομα; Lat. nōmen; Goth. namō; Germ. namo &c.; Eng. name.]
name, appellation, RV. &c. &c.
personal name (as opp. to gotre | गोत्रे |, family n˚; cf. nama-gotra | नम-गोत्र | above), Kāś. on Pāṇ. viii, 2, 23 (often ifc. = named, called, e.g. viśṛu-ṣarma-nāmā paṛqitaḥ | विशृउ-षर्म-नामा पऋक़ितः |, a sage named V˚)
merely the n˚ (as opp. to reality; cf. nāma-ḍāraka | नाम-डारक |, -mātra | -मात्र |, -ṣeśa | -षेश | &c.), a noun (as opp. to a verb), Nir.; Prāt.
substance, essence (in the Mīmāṃsā phil. opp. to guṛa | गुऋअ |, accidental quality)
a good or great name, renown, fame (only ifc.; cf. sva- | स्व- |, suma/ntu- | सुम/न्तु- |)
water, Naigh. i, 11
nāman | नामन् | [cf. Zd. nāman; Gk. ὄ-νομα; Lat. nōmen; Goth. namō; Germ. namo &c.; Eng. name.]