Dictionary meanings for nāth from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. (nāthati, but some- times A. also) 1 To ask, beg, solicit for anything (with dat. or two acc.); mokṣāya nāthate muniḥ Vop.; nāthase kimu patiṃ na bhūbhṛtaḥ Ki. 13. 59; saṃtuṣṭamiṣṭāni tamiṣṭadevaṃ nāthaṃti ke nāma na lokanāthaṃ N. 3. 25.
2 To have po- wer, be master, prevail.
3 To ha- rass, trouble.
4 To bless, wish well to, give blessings to; (said to be Atm. only in this sense); nāthitaśame Mv. 1. 11;...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
cl.1 A1. (Dha1tup. ii, 6) n/āthate TS.; Ka1t2h. &c (ti MBh. Katha1s.; pf. nanātha; aor. anāthīt; fut. nāthiṣyati, or nāthitā Gr.; inf. nāthitum Katha1s.; ind.p. -nāthya Prab.) to seek aid, approach with prayers or requests (loc.) TS.; Ka1t2h.; to ask,... to harass, destroy, Dha1tup. 1329,2 105448.1 n. refuge, help AV.; TBr. 534,3 105449 m. a protector, patron, possessor, owner, lord (often ifc., esp. in names of...
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