Gamin, Gami, Gāmin, Gāmī: 23 definitions
Introduction:
Gamin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. 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.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Gāmī (गामी) (Cf. Vicārī) refers to “that which travels through”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Kapāla Ketu is visible on new-moon days; its tail is of the colour of smoke; its course lies through the eastern half of the visible hemisphere; when it appears mankind will suffer from hunger, death, drought and disease. Raudra Ketu is a comet resembling the dagger’s end and is of a dull red colour; it appears in the south-east and travels through a third of the sky [i.e., tribhāga-gāmī] and produces the same effects as the Kapāla Ketu”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Gāmin (गामिन्) (Cf. Gāminī) refers to “one who moves” (toward union with one’s own will), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 10.7cd-17ab, while describing the worship of Bhairavī and Bhairava]—“[Bhairavī] has the appearance of vermillion or lac. [...] [She is] called Icchāśakti [and she] moves toward union with one’s own will (svacchanda-utsaṅga-gāminī). Having celebrated this form, [the mantrin] thinks of her as Aghoreśī. In all Tantras [this] is taught and secret. It is not made clear. My abode is visible by anyone on earth, [but] difficult to obtain. [...]”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Gāmin (गामिन्) refers to “one who goes (everywhere)” and is used to describe Śiva , according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.31 (“Description of Śiva’s magic”).—Accordingly, as Śiva (in disguise of a Brahmin) said to the Lord of Mountains: “O foremost among mountains, I am a Brahmin devotee of Viṣṇu, and a great scholar. My occupation is that of a match-maker. I roam about on the earth. I go where I wish. I go everywhere (gāmin—sarva gāmī). By the power of my preceptor I am omniscient. I am simple-minded and by nature I help others and I am sympathetic and quell aberrations. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Gāmin (गामिन्) refers to “one who travels” (e.g., in the sky, earth, netherworld), according to the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, [while discussing the Hagiography of Siddha Aṃśadeva]: “[...] Such are the names of the Siddha that should be worshipped that were hidden and have been revealed. Thus, the Nātha who travels (gāmin) in the sky, on the earth and in the netherworld is omnipresent. [evaṃ sarvagato nāthaḥ khabhūpātālagāminaḥ] (That) venerable one has three forms and the sandals of Mitra are nine-fold”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Biology (plants and animals)
Gami in South Africa is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia esculenta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München (1960)
· Travels in the interior of South Africa (1824)
· Kew Bulletin (1976)
· Economic Botany (1987)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Gami, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
gāmī : (adj.) (in cpds.), one who goes; leading to.
1) gami (ဂမိ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[gamu+o,ajjattanī-o--i-pru．nirutti,nhā.282.]
[ဂမု+ဩ၊ အဇ္ဇတ္တနီ-ဩ-ကို-ဣ-ပြု။ နိရုတ္တိ၊နှာ။၂၈၂။]
2) gami (ဂမိ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[gamu+ī．,6.33．rū,nhā.28va.]
[ဂမု+ဤ။ မောဂ်၊၆။၃၃။ ရူ၊နှာ။၂၈ဝ။]
3) gamī (ဂမီ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[gamu+ī]
[ဂမု+ဤ]
4) gāmī (ဂါမီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[gamu+ṇī]
[ဂမု+ဏီ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) gami—
(Burmese text): သွားပြီ။ ဂစ္ဆတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Gone. Look at the geometry.
2) gami—
(Burmese text): သွားပြီ။ ဂစ္ဆတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Gone. Look at the majesty.
3) gamī—
(Burmese text): သွားပြီ။ ဂစ္ဆတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Gone. Look at the ghost.
4) gāmī—
(Burmese text): သွားလတ္တံ့သော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): There goes the one.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
Gāmī (गामी).—a masc (S gāminī a fem) That goes. In comp. as ākāśagāmī, pātālagāmī, pitṛgāmī, mātṛ- gāmī, rājagāmī.
Gāmī (गामी).—a m gāminī a f That goes. In comp. ākāśagāmī &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Gamin (गमिन्).—a. Intending to go; as in ग्रामंगमी (grāmaṃgamī). -m. A passenger.
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Gāmin (गामिन्).—a. [gam-ṇini] (Only at the end of comp.)
1) Going, moving, walking; वैदिशगामी (vaidiśagāmī) M.5; मृगेन्द्रगामी (mṛgendragāmī) R.2.3 having the gait of a lion; कुब्ज° (kubja°) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.5; अलस° (alasa°) Amaruśataka 51.
2) Riding; द्विरद° (dvirada°) R.4.4.
3) Going or reaching to, extending or applying to, relating to; ननु सखीगामी दोषः (nanu sakhīgāmī doṣaḥ) Ś.4; द्वितीयगामी न हि शब्द एष नः (dvitīyagāmī na hi śabda eṣa naḥ) R.3.49.
4) Leading or going to, accruing to; चित्रकूटगामी मार्गः (citrakūṭagāmī mārgaḥ); कर्तृगामि क्रियाफलम् (kartṛgāmi kriyāphalam).
5) United with; सदृशभर्तृगामिनी (sadṛśabhartṛgāminī) M.5.
6) Passing over to, devolving on; Ś.6; शेषेषु पितृगामि तत् (śeṣeṣu pitṛgāmi tat) Y.2.145.
Gamin (गमिन्).—m. (-mī) A passenger. E. gam to go, ini Unadi affix, otherwise with ṇini. affix, gāmin.
Gāmin (गामिन्).—[-gāmin], i. e. gam + in, adj., f. nī. 1. Going, moving, [Hitopadeśa] [prologue.] 40; haṃsa-vāraṇa-, Walking like a phenicopteros, or like a young elephant, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 10. 2. Approaching carnally, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 234. 3. Attaining, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 21, 19. 4. Devolving on, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 145. 5. Turning, directed to, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 8, 8. 6. Referring to, Mahābhārata 2, 26.
Gamin (गमिन्).—[adjective] intending to go to ([accusative] or —°).
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Gāmin (गामिन्).—[adjective] going, moving, going to ([adverb], *[accusative] ± prati); mostly —° going or moving on, in, to, towards, or-like (after an [adverb]), approaching (sex.); reaching, belonging or relating to, meeting with, obtaining.
Gami (गमि):—[from gam] m. the √gam, [Patañjali [Introduction]] on [vArttika] 5.
1) Gamin (गमिन्):—[from gam] mfn. intending to go (with [accusative] or ifc.), [Pāṇini 3-3, 3], [vArttika] on ii, 1, 24, [Kāśikā-vṛtti] on ii, 3, 70.
2) Gāmin (गामिन्):—[from gāmika] mfn. going anywhere (local [adverb] [Mahābhārata i] or [accusative] [Pāṇini 2-3, 70; Kāśikā-vṛtti] or prati, [Mahābhārata iv])
3) [v.s. ...] (in the following meanings only) ifc. ([Pāṇini 2-1, 24], [vArttika] 1) going or moving on or in or towards or in any peculiar manner, [Manu-smṛti iii, 10; Mahābhārata] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] having sexual intercourse with, [Yājñavalkya ii, 234] (cf. mātṛ-g)
5) [v.s. ...] reaching or extending to, [Rāmāyaṇa v; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
6) [v.s. ...] coming to one’s share, due, [Yājñavalkya ii; Mahābhārata xiii; Harivaṃśa; Śakuntalā] etc.
7) [v.s. ...] attaining, obtaining, [Mālavikāgnimitra v, 12/13]
8) [v.s. ...] directed towards, [Manu-smṛti xi, 56; Bhagavad-gītā viii, 8]
9) [v.s. ...] relating to, [Mahābhārata ii, 26; Sāhitya-darpaṇa vi, 180] (cf. agra-, anta-, anya-, āśu-, ṛtu-, kāma-.)
Gamin (गमिन्):—(mī) 5. m. A passenger.
Gamin (गमिन्):—(von 1. gam) adj. zu gehen beabsichtigend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 3.] [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 4. 6.] grāmaṃ gamī [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 3, 70,] [Scholiast 3, 3, 3,] [Scholiast] grāma [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 24, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.]
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Gāmin (गामिन्):—(von gam) adj. mit dem obj. compon. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 24, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.]
1) gehend, sich bewegend auf, in, auf eine best. Art, nach, zu: unmārga [Prooemium im Hitopadeśa 40. 4, 12.] utpatha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 12, 26.] ākāśa [Brahmapurāṇa 59, 9.] vimāna [Mahābhārata 1, 1257.] [Arjunasamāgama 4, 52.] vṛṣa auf einem Stiere [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 9,] [Scholiast] siṃhavikrānta [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 25, 13.] alasa [Amaruśataka 51.] kubja (buddhi) [Pañcatantra II, 5.] kuṭila (preman) [Sāhityadarpana 80, 14.] haṃsavāraṇa wie [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 10.] mattamātaṅga [Mahābhārata 3, 4003.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 29, 23. 30.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 30. 4, 4.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 69, 11. 15. 105, 13.] yatrāhaṃ tatra gāminī [Mahābhārata 1, 3368.] vayaṃ tatraiva gāminaḥ [6930.] yatra kvacana [Brāhmaṇavilāpa 3, 12.] ākāśaṃ prati [Mahābhārata 4, 180.] sāgara (nadī) [Rāmāyaṇa] Einl. vidiśā [Mālavikāgnimitra 67, 19.] svarga [Hitopadeśa I, 58.] agamya [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 67, 61. 76.] vidhavā zu einer Wittwe gehend, ihr fleischlich beiwohnend [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 234.] —
2) erreichend, sich erstreckend bis, auf: nabhasastribhāgagāmī (von Sternen) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11, 32. 29, 11. 23.] nābhimaṇḍalagāminyā romarājyā [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 21, 19.] vāṇī yojanagāminī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 59.] —
3) Jmd zufallend, zukommend: aprajaḥstrīdhanam pitagāmi [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 145. 261.] [Harivaṃśa 2100.] [Śākuntala 90, 19.] viprasya rasanā mauñjī maurvī rājanyagāminī [Mahābhārata 13, 1611.] dvitīyagāmī na hi śabda eṣa naḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 49.] paragāmini kriyāphale [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 74,] [Scholiast] —
4) gelangend zu, theilhaft werdend: sadṛśabhartṛgāminī bhaviṣyati [Mālavikāgnimitra 69, 15.] —
5) gerichtet auf, an: cetasānanyagāminā [Bhagavadgītā 8, 8.] rājagāmi ca paiśunam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 55.] —
6) in Bezug stehend zu: tasya svajanagāmīni śrāvito vacanāni saḥ [Mahābhārata 2, 26.] ein Adjectiv ist sattva, bhedya oder para [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 63. 2, 2, 4. 3, 6, 8, 44.] = Vgl. agra, anta, anya, āśu, ṛtu, kāma .
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Gāmin (गामिन्):—
3) kartṛgāmi phalaṃ yataḥ [Spr. 4764.] —
6) prakṛti [?(v. l.) Sāhityadarpana 442.] — Vgl. noch puro, mātṛ .
Gamin (गमिन्):—Adj. zu gehen beabsichtigend , nach (Acc. oder im Comp. vorangehend).
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Gāmin (गामिन्):—Adj. —
1) irgendwohin gehend , mit einem Ortsadverb , *Acc. ([239,6]) oder prati. —
2) am Ende eines Comp. — a) gehend — , sich bewegend auf , in , nach , zu , wie oder auf eine best. Art und Weise (nach einem Adverb). — b) fleischlich beiwohnend (von einem Manne). — c) erreichend , sich erstreckend bis oder auf. — d) Jmd zufallend , — zukommend. — e) gelangend zu , theilhaftig werdend. — f) gerichtet auf oder an. — g) sich beziehend auf.
Gāmin (गामिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gāmi.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Gamī (गमी):—(nf) death; mourning, the period of mourning.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Gāmi (गामि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Gāmin.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Nepali dictionary
1) Gamī (गमी):—adj. thoughtful; serious; attentive; heedful;
2) Gāmī (गामी):—adj. 1. moving; going; travelling; 2. having experienced coitus;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Gamu, O, Mi, I, Ni, E.
Starts with (+0): Gamina, Gamine, Gamini, Gaminia, Gaminika, Gaminitissa.
Full-text (+439): Anugami, Gacchi, Hridayangama, Abhigamin, Agami, Shighragamin, Mandagamin, Vashagamin, Agamin, Adhvagamin, Agragamin, Simhavikrantagamin, Atyantagamin, Anyagamin, Ratrivishleshagamin, Purogamin, Rajagamin, Urdhvagamin, Matrigamin, Antagamin.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
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Studies on Samasa of Sanskrit grammar (by Mridula Goswami)
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