Adhigam, Adhi-gam: 3 definitions
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Adhigam 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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhigam (अधिगम्).—get at, meet with, obtain, acquire; commence, undertake, accomplish; approach (sex.), take to wife, marry; find out, invent, discover; perceive, learn, study, read.
Adhigam is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhi and gam (गम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhigam (अधिगम्):—[=adhi-√gam] to go up to, approach, overtake;—to approach for sexual intercourse;—to fall in with;—to meet, find, discover, obtain;
—to accomplish;
—to study, read:
—[Desiderative] [Parasmaipada] adhi-jigamiṣati, to seek;
— [Ātmanepada] adhi-jigāṃsate, to be desirous of studying or reading.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Adhigam (अधिगम्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ahigama.
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.
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Starts with: Adhigama, Adhigama Sutta, Adhigamajasamyaktva, Adhigamajasamyaktvi, Adhigamaka, Adhigamana, Adhigamaniya, Adhigameti, Adhigamtavya, Adhigamya, Atikam, Atikamariccam, Atikamatam.
Ends with: Accamatikam, Arukatikam, Atikam, Aupatikam, Catikam, Copatikam, Matikam, Muttatiruppatikam, Nunatikam, Pirapatikam, Piratipatikam, Purutavatikam, Putatikam, Rattatikam, Samadhigam, Supratikam, Tintalatikam, Tiruppatikam, Vatikam.
Full-text: Ahigama, Adhigamana, Adhigama, Adhigacchati, Adhigameti, Samadhigacchati, Talpa, Adhigantavya, Adhigantri, Adhigamaniya, Adhigamya, Adhijigamsu, Adhigata, Samadhigam, Rati, Adhiga, Avatara.
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