nAmayati
nāmayati ( cf. also nāmita; caus. of namati, which alone seems to be recorded in Pali in these senses, tho nāmeti occurs in the literal sense, bend , trans. ; see namati , which in BHS is much rarer in these senses), ( 1 ) inclines , with object cittaṃ, and remoter object ( to, towards ) dat. or loc. or infin. : āhāram āhartuṃ cittaṃ nāmayati sma LV 264.12—13 , inclined (made up) his mind to take food ; bodhāya cittaṃ nāmetvā Mv ii.362.17 ; 364.11 ; cittaṃ bodhāya nāmaye 367.13 ; nāmetva cittaṃ sahalokanāthe 385.24 , directing (centering) his thought towards (upon) the Buddha ; cittaṃ bodhāya nāmayet Śikṣ 5.18 ; ( 2 ) with other objects than cittaṃ, directs, applies , something ( acc. ) to ( dat. or loc. ): (citrācāryo …) citrārthe nāmayed raṅgān Laṅk 48.9 ( vs ), would put colors to use for a picture ; yac ca śubhaṃ mayi saṃcitu kiṃcid bodhayi ( dat. ) nāmayamī (= °yāmi, m.c. ) ahu sarvaṃ Bhad 12 ; sabhāgacarīye ( dat. ) nāmayamī kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ 42; nāmayamī kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ 55 (construe with next), … kuśalaṃ imu sarvaṃ nāmayamī vara- Bhadracarīye 56; sarva kuśalamūlaṃ bodhaye nāmayāmaḥ LV 369.4 ( vs ), let us apply all roots of merit unto enlightenment ; seems used almost in the sense of upanāmayati , q.v. , presents , in: gṛhītva Brahma ojavindu bodhisattva ( loc. in sense? § 8.11 ) nāmayī LV 74.2 ( vs ), Brahma, taking the drop-of-might (elixir), applied (presented?) it to the B.