a gesture of worship, obeisance, greeting, respect, etc. made by bending one's head, prostrating oneself or joining both the palms with fingers, being closer to each other, pointing upward and thumb being closer to the breast.

a term used while greeting another respectfully.

the invocation, calling on a god, preceptor, saint, etc. by a poet, for blessing, inspiration, etc. at the beginning of a literary work.

ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಮಾಡು namaskāra māḍu = ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸು; ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಹಾಕು namaskāra hāku = ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸು; 2. to bid good-bye, farewell, adieu; 3. to abandon (a job, learning, etc.); ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಹೊಡೆ namaskāra hoḍe = ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಹಾಕು.

the small sensitive plant Mimosa pudica of Mimosaceae family; touch-me-not; humble plant.