नाथ्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नाथ्    cl. 1. Ā. ( ii, 6"> [Dhātup. ii, 6]) ना॑थते, [TS.]; [Kāṭh.] &c. ( °ति, [MBh.]; [Kathās.]; pf. ननाथ; aor. अनाथीत्; fut. नाथिष्यति, or नाथिता Gr.; inf. नाथितुम्, [Kathās.]; ind.p. -नाथ्य, [Prab.])

to seek aid, approach with prayers or requests ( loc.), [TS.]; [Kāṭh.];

to ask, solicit, beg for ( gen. of thing, iii, 126, 30"> [MBh. iii, 126, 30]; cf. [Pāṇ. 2-3, 55]; dat. of th°, [Vop.]; with 2 acc. iii, 25"> [Naiṣ. iii, 25]);

to have power, be master, [Dhātup.] :

Caus. नाथयति, to cause a person to ask for anything i.e. to grant a request ( acc.), [BhP.] ( B.), 25."> ii, 9, 25.
   to harass, destroy, [Dhātup.]
नाथ्   [ cf. √ नाध्; Goth. nithan, old Sax. ginātha, nasa; HGerm. genāde, gnade.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नाथ् [nāth]   1 P. (नाथति, but sometimes Ā. also)
   To ask, beg, solicit for anything (with dat. or two acc.); मोक्षाय नाथते मुनिः Vop.; नाथसे किमु पतिं न भूभृतः [Ki.13.59;] संतुष्ट- मिष्टानि तमिष्टदेवं नाथन्ति के नाम न लोकनाथम् [N.3.25;] वनं न यायादिति नाथमानः [Bu. Ch.2.54.]
   To have power, be master, prevail.
   To harass, trouble.
   To bless, wish well to, give blessings to; ( said to be Ātm. only in this sense); धृत्या नाथस्व वैदेहि... [Bk.8.12;] नाथितशमे [Mv.1.11;] (Mammaṭa quotes the line दीनं त्वामनुनाथते कुचयुगं पत्रावृतं मा कृथाः to show that नाथ् here only means 'to ask or beg', and says that नाथते should, therefore, be नाथति); सर्पिषो नाथते [Sk.]