Namaste: नमस्ते:
In Sanskrit "Namas" means, "bow, obeisance, reverential salutation." It comes from the root Nam, which carries meanings of bending, bowing, humbly submitting and becoming silent. "Te" means "to you." Thus "namaste" means "I bow to you." the act of greeting is called "Namaskaram," "Namaskara" and "Namaskar" in the varied languages of the subcontinent.


In simple language, namaste is "a hello with a respect".
Namaste can be related to the Japanese bowing. In both, people doesn’t touch the other person as in the western style of shaking hands of each other. Both gives respect and means "I bow to you".

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