Adhigamana: 10 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Adhigamana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhigamana (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 Dictionary

Adhigamana (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 Dictionary

Adhigamana (अधिगमन).—n.

(-naṃ) &c E. adhi, and gama or gamana going.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhigamana (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 Dictionary

1) 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 Dictionary

Adhigamana (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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Adhigamana in German

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Adhigamana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Adhigamana (ಅಧಿಗಮನ):—[noun] = ಅಧಿಗಮ [adhigama].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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