namaskar

plural namaskars

1. IndiacountableuncountableThe use of the greeting in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly; greeting with a namaste.First known use 19th c.

   I bowed down, did namaskar and said a prayer.

   1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 228

   2 more examples

   To every one I met I made my namaskar, and on entering my village, I made namaskar to a bowri, (a man of low caste.)

   1847, “Letter from Mr. Stubbins”, in The General Baptist repository, and Missionary observer, page 286

   Navinchandra greeted the Counsellor with a namaskar; Buddhidhan responded solemnly.

   2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 83