Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

gama गम – going; moving toward

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective · substantive masculine

adjective

going; moving toward

substantive masculine

going; travelling

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

†gama ·a. going to or in (--°); m. going, march, approach, cohabitation.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Gama, as, ā, am, (at the end of a comp.) going (e. g. araṅ-gama, kāma-gama, kha-gama, &c., q. v.); (as), m. going, moving; march, especially the march of an assailant; intercourse with a woman; a road; flightiness, superficiality, thoughtlessness; acting inconsiderately, looking at anything hastily or superficially; a game played with dice and men, as backgammon &c.; a similar reading in two texts (?), hasty or careless perusal, running over a book (?).

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

gama (von 1. gam) 1〉 adj. f. ā gehend am Ende von compp.; s. araṃgama, kāma˚, kha˚, tiryaggama, turaṃ˚, dūraṃ˚, devaṃ˚, puro˚, makṣuṃ˚, yudhiṃ˚, vaśaṃ˚, vismayaṃ˚, samitiṃ˚, sāgaraṃ˚, hṛdayaṃ˚. — 2〉 m. a〉 Gang CAURAP. 44. aśvasyaikāhagamaḥ P. 5,2,19. Marsch, Aufbruch eines Heeres AK. 2,8,2,63. agama unzugänglich: tīrthāni MBH. 3,8247. — b〉 der Gang zu einer Frau, das Beiwohnen: gurvaṅganāgamaḥ M. 11,54. pravrajitā˚ YĀJÑ. 2,293. — c〉 Weg H. an. 2,320. MED. m. 10. — d〉 Flüchtigkeit, Unüberlegtheit MED. Vgl. gamakāritva. — e〉 eine Art Würfelspiel, = dyūtabheda H. an. = akṣavivata MED. — f〉 eine gleiche Lesart(?), = sadṛkpāṭha H. an. reading lightly, hasty or careless persual, running over a book, etc. WILS. — Vgl. durgama

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

gáma P. 3,3,58. 2〉f〉 gleicher Wortlaut BHAGAVATĪ 1,381.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

gama — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) am Ende eines Comp. gehend u. s. w. meṣa˚ auf einem Widder reitend HEMĀDRI 1,802,12. — 2〉 m. — a〉 am Ende eines Comp. der [Page2-155-a] Gang zu einer Frau, das Beiwohnen. — b〉 das Fortgehen von oder aus (Abl.) CAURAP. 44, Aufbruch eines Heeres VARĀH. YOGAY. 4,58. — c〉 Entfernung, Wegschaffung (von Brüchen) BĪJAG. 129. — d〉 Weg, Wegstrecke. — e〉 *Flüchtigkeit, Unüberlegtheit. — f〉 *eine Art Würfelspiel. — g〉 *gleicher Wortlaut.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

gama a. [gam bhāvādau ap] (At the end of comp.) Going, moving, going to, reaching, attaining, getting &c.; khagama, purogama, hṛdayaṃgama, &c. — maḥ 1 Going, moving. 2 March; aśvasyaikāhagamaḥ. 3 The march of an assailant. 4 A road. 5 Inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness. 6 Superficiality, careless perusal. 7 (Sexual) intercourse with a woman, cohabitation; gurvaṃganāgamaḥ Ms. 11. 55; Y. 2. 293. 8 A game played with dice and men. Comp. — āgamaḥ going and coming.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

gama gehend, wandelnd (—˚); m. Weggang, Aufbruch; Begattung.

Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

gama gama [à la fin des composés] (gam) qui va; qui vient.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 98–100: Siddhis 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.10-3.18: Mahāmudrā 1 occurrence

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