Nigacchati: 2 definitions
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Nigacchati means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarynigacchati : (ni + gam + a) undergoes; comes to.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNigacchati, (Sk. nigacchati, ni+gacchati) to go down to, to “undergo, ” incur, enter, come to; to suffer esp. with dukkhaṃ & similar expressions of affliction or punishment S. IV, 70 (dukkhaṃ); M. I, 337 sq. (id.); A. I, 251 (bandhanaṃ); Dh. 69 (dukkhaṃ=vindati, paṭilabhati DhA. II, 50), 137; Nd2 1994 (maraṇaṃ+maraṇamattam pi dukkhaṃ) Pv IV. 77 (pret. nigacchiṭṭha=pāpuṇi PvA. 266). (Page 354)
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Nigacchi, Upatapat, Niga, Krikalasa, Kiccha, Nigama, Krikala, Animan, Uccavaca, Tama, Bhava, Gam, Dasa, Dukkha, Thana.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 18.36 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Verse 9.31 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 69 - The Story of Nun Uppalavaṇṇā < [Chapter 5 - Bāla Vagga (Fools)]
Verse 137-140 - The Story of Venerable Mahā Moggallāna < [Chapter 10 - Daṇḍa Vagga (Punishment)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.93 < [Section XVIII - Control of Sensual Desires]
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
Iron, Surplus, Production Trade and Urbanization < [Chapter 2 - Economic and Urban Processes]
Vidhura Jataka (nr. 548) (by R. F. ST. Andrew St. John)
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)
Section I - Relative Aspects of Brahman < [Chapter II]
Section III - Investigation of the Three States < [Chapter IV]