नाथ्

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Denominalized root from नाथ (nātha, refuge; protector); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Root

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नाथ् (nāth)

  1. to seek aid, approach with prayers or requests
  2. to ask, solicit, beg for (MBh.)
  3. to have power, be master, prevail
  4. to harass, trouble
  5. (ātmanepada only) to bless, wish well, give blessings to someone
  6. (causative) to cause a person to ask for anything, i.e. to grant a request
  7. to harass, destroy

Inflection

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Parasmaipada (active voice):

Ātmanepada (middle voice):

Derived terms

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “नाथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 534/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 33-4