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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

adhigacchati : (adhi + gam + a) attains; obtains; understands.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Adhigacchati, (adhi + gacchati) to get to, to come into possession of, to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand D.I, 229 (vivesaṃ) M.I, 140 (anvesaṃ n’âdhigacchanti do not find); S.I, 22 (Nibbānaṃ); II, 278 (id.); A.I, 162 (id.); Dh.187, 365; It.82 (santiṃ); Th.2, 51; Pug.30, 31; Pv.I, 7⁴ (nibbutiṃ = labhati PvA.37); III, 7¹⁰ (amataṃ padaṃ). opt. adhigaccheyya D.I, 224 (kusalaṃ dhammaṃ); M.I, 114 (madhu-piṇḍikaṃ); Dh.61 and adhigacche Dh.368. ger. °gantvā D.I, 224; J.I, 45 (ānisaṃse); and °gamma Pv.I, 11⁹ (= vinditvā paṭilabhitvā PvA.60). grd. °gantabba It.104 (nibbāna). cond. °gacchissaṃ Sn.446. 1^st aor. 3 sg. ajjhagā Sn.225 (= vindi paṭilabhi KhA 180); Dh.154; Vv 32⁷; 3 pl. ajjhagū J.I, 256 (vyasanaṃ) & ajjhāgamuṃ S.I, 12. 2^nd aor. 3 sg. adhigacchi Nd¹ 457. ‹-› pp. adhigata (q. v.). (Page 28)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Ends with: Paryadhigacchati, Samadhigacchati.

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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)

Verse 2.71 < [Chapter 2 - Sāṅkhya-yoga (Yoga through distinguishing the Soul from the Body)]

Verse 6.15 < [Chapter 6 - Dhyāna-yoga (Yoga through the Path of Meditation)]

Verse 2.64 < [Chapter 2 - Sāṅkhya-yoga (Yoga through distinguishing the Soul from the Body)]

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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)

Verse 249-250 - The Story of Tissa < [Chapter 18 - Mala Vagga (Impurities)]

Verse 224 - The Story of the Question Raised by Venerable Mahā Moggallāna < [Chapter 17 - Kodha Vagga (Anger‌)]

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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)

Verse 1.2.35-36 < [Chapter 2 - Divya (the celestial plane)]

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Part 2 - Benefits of renouncing theft < [Section I.2 - Abstaining from theft]

Part 4 - Illuminating the darkness of the intermediary worlds < [Chapter LI - Seeing all the Buddha Fields]

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Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)

Iron, Surplus, Production Trade and Urbanization < [Chapter 2 - Economic and Urban Processes]

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The Gita’s Ethics (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)

2. The Path of Knowledge (jnana-yoga) < [Chapter 4 - Moral Action and Emancipation]

6. Sthitaprajna (a true Yogin) < [Chapter 4 - Moral Action and Emancipation]

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