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Namaste is a greeting gesture common in India where people press their hands together with a smile. It's a culturally significant way of showing respect and acknowledgment to another person.
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- Etymology, meaning and origins
- Anjali mudra
- Uses
- Greeting
- Hindu veneration practice
- In modern yoga
- See also
- References
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thumb |upright |Pressing hands together with a smile to greet namaste – a common cultural gesture in India
Namaste (, Devanagari: नमस्ते), sometimes called namaskār and namaskāram, is a customary Hindu manner of respectfully greeting and honouring a person or group, used at any time of day. It is used by people of the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions. Namaste is usually spoken with a slight bow and hands pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest. This gesture is Añjali Mudrā; the standing posture in modern yoga that incorporates it is pranāmāsana.