Adhigamana: 10 definitions
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Adhigamana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAdhigamana (अधिगमन).—
1) Acquisition, obtaining, getting, finding &c.; (icchāmi) श्रोतुं च सीताधिगमे प्रयत्नम् (śrotuṃ ca sītādhigame prayatnam) Rām.5. 64.32; दुरधिगमः परभागः (duradhigamaḥ parabhāgaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5.34; वंशस्थितेरधिगमात् (vaṃśasthiteradhigamāt) V. 5.15; दाराधिगमनम् (dārādhigamanam) Manusmṛti 1.112 marriage.
2) Mastery, knowledge; असच्छास्त्राधिगमनम् (asacchāstrādhigamanam) Manusmṛti 11.65.
3) Mercantile return, profit; acquiring property; निध्यादेः प्राप्तिः (nidhyādeḥ prāptiḥ) Mit. or धनप्राप्तिः (dhanaprāptiḥ); स्थापयन्ति तु यां वृद्धिं स तत्राधिगमं प्रति (sthāpayanti tu yāṃ vṛddhiṃ sa tatrādhigamaṃ prati) Manusmṛti 8.157.
4) Acceptance.
5) Intercourse.
6) Seeing, looking; अपनेष्यामि संतापं तवाधिगमशासनात् (apaneṣyāmi saṃtāpaṃ tavādhigamaśāsanāt) Rām.5.35.77.
Derivable forms: adhigamanam (अधिगमनम्).
See also (synonyms): adhigama.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAdhigamana (अधिगमन) or Adhigama.—spiritual realization; so Pali (both forms): ye me bhaṇanti varṇaṃ samādhito ca śīlato ca prajñāto ca adhigamanato ca…Mahāvastu i.270.4; for Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 12.3 see s.v. adhigama.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhigamana (अधिगमन).—n.
(-naṃ) &c E. adhi, and gama or gamana going.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhigamana (अधिगमन).—[adhi-gam + ana], n. 1. Obtaining, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 45, 19. 2. Reading, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 65.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Adhigamana (अधिगमन):—[=adhi-gamana] [from adhi-gam] n. acquisition
2) [v.s. ...] finding
3) [v.s. ...] acquirement, reading, study
4) [v.s. ...] marriage, copulation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhigamana (अधिगमन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) 1) Obtaining, attaining, acquiring.
2) Attainment, apprehension, going through or over, lit. or fig. as reading, studying. E. gam with adhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Adhigamana (अधिगमन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ahigamaṇa.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAdhigamana (ಅಧಿಗಮನ):—[noun] = ಅಧಿಗಮ [adhigama].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Gamana, Adhi.
Ends with: Brahmadhigamana, Daradhigamana, Samadhigamana, Vidyadhigamana.
Full-text: Daradhigamana, Ahigamana, Samadhigamana, Brahmadhigamana, Adhigama.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.165 < [Section XXVIII - Course and Method of Study]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 3 - Account of the Brahmin Kasibhāradvāja < [Chapter 29 - The Buddha’s Eleventh Vassa at Brahmin Village of Nāḷa]