nāmayati (8170)

nāmayati
Entry 8170, Page 293, Col. 1

(nAmayati, nAmayati)
nāmayati¦ (cf. also nāmita; caus. of namati, which alone seems to be recorded in Pali in these senses, tho nāmeti occurs in the literal sense, bend, trans.; see namati, which in BHS is much rarer in these senses), (1) inclines, with object cittaṃ, and remoter object (to, towards) dat. or loc. or infin.: āhāram āhartuṃ cittaṃ nāmayati sma LV 264.12--13, inclined (made up) his mind to take food; bodhāya cittaṃ nāmetvā Mv ii.362.17; 364.11; cittaṃ bodhāya nāmaye 367.13; nāmetva cittaṃ sahalokanāthe 385.24, directing (centering) his thought towards (upon) the Buddha; cittaṃ bodhāya nāmayet Śikṣ 5.18; (2) with other objects than cittaṃ, directs, applies, something (acc.) to (dat. or loc.): (citrācāryo…) citrārthe nāmayed raṅgān Laṅk 48.9 (vs), would put colors to use for a picture; yac ca śubhaṃ mayi saṃcitu kiṃcid bodhayi (dat.) nāmayamī (= °yāmi, m.c.) ahu sarvaṃ Bhad 12; sabhāgacarīye (dat.) nāmayamī kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ 42; nāmayamī kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ 55 (construe with next),…kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ nāmayamī vara-Bhadracarīye 56; sarva kuśala- mūlaṃ bodhaye nāmayāmaḥ LV 369.4 (vs), let us apply all roots of merit unto enlightenment; seems used almost in the sense of upanāmayati, q.v., presents, in: gṛhītva Brahma ojavindu bodhisattva (loc. in sense? § 8.11) nāmayī LV 74.2 (vs), Brahma, taking the drop-of-might (elixir), applied (presented?) it to the B.

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