2006-10-15 16:19:16 · 8 answers · asked by Norskeyenta 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
please come home momma
2006-10-16 14:52:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's spelled Namaste and it's a spirit-to-spirit greeting. Namaste is a composite of the two Sanskrit words, nama, and te. Te means you, and nama has the following connotations:
To bend
To bow
To sink
To incline
To stoop
All these suggestions point to a sense of submitting oneself to another, with complete humility. Significantly the word 'nama' has parallels in other ancient languages also. It is cognate with the Greek nemo, nemos and nosmos; to the Latin nemus, the Old Saxon niman, and the German neman and nehman. All these expressions have the general sense of obeisance, homage and veneration. Also important here is to note that the root 'nama' is a neuter one, the significance of which will be elaborated upon later.
The word nama is split into two, na and ma. Na signifies negation and ma represents mine. The meaning would then be 'not mine'. The import being that the individual soul belongs entirely to the Supreme soul, which is identified as residing in the individual towards whom the namaste is directed. Indeed there is nothing that the soul can claim as its own. Namaste is thus the necessary rejection of 'I' and the associated phenomena of egotism. It is said that 'ma' in nama means death (spiritual), and when this is negated (na-ma), it signifies immortality.
2006-10-15 16:22:16 · answer #2 · answered by Maria Isabel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Namaste could be an amalgam of Namsya (or Namaha) meaning obeisance and 'Te' which means you or to you. Thus Namaste as an amalgam of Namasyate could be translated as obeisance to you.The meaning implies a submission of one person to another.
the Sanskrit word for subjugation is Niyamaha, which is close to Namaha meaning obeisance or submission.
"Namaste" is an ancient word that was utilized to trigger the deep awareness between two or more souls of their underlying truth. The underlying truth of two or more souls is a vibrational resonance that holds a specific function in creation and upon Earth and throughout time and space and form. As two or more souls hold their specific function in any creation, the truth of the creation becomes amplified such that the entire creation may hold its truth in a state of honor. It is only in such a state that any creation can evolve and ascend.
2006-10-15 16:29:59 · answer #3 · answered by marissa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it comes from Sanskrit. Indian culture. It has basis in the Hindu faith.
2006-10-15 16:21:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a greeting in India.
Hindi perhaps. At least that's what I heard people saying around me everyday I was there.
2006-10-15 16:22:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
India.
2006-10-15 16:22:22 · answer #6 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
indian culture
2006-10-15 16:24:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hindi greeting, just like hello, peace
2006-10-15 16:21:27 · answer #8 · answered by HK3738 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋