ā-√ nam P. (3. pl. ā́-namanti, [RV.] &c.; inf. -námam, [RV. iv, 8, 3]) Ā. (Impv. 3. pl. ā́namantām, [RV. vi, 49, 4]) to bend down, bend, bow, incline, [R.]; [BhP.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to do homage, salute reverently, [BhP.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to condescend; to be propitious (as gods to men), [RV. vi, 50, 4]; to bring near; to bend towards or near; to subdue, [RV.] : Caus. -nāmayati and -namayati, to inflect, bend (a bow), cause to bend, subdue, [MBh.]; [Mālav.]; [Hariv.]