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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃgam (संगम्):—[=saṃ-√gam] [Ātmanepada] -gacchate (rarely [Parasmaipada] ti, and [according to] to [Pāṇini 1-3, 29] only with an object; [perfect tense] -jagme; Vedic forms etc. -gamemahi, -gamāmahai, -ajagmiran, -agata [3. sg.], -aganmahi, -agasmahi, or -agaṃsmahi, -gmiṣīya, -gasīṣṭa or -gaṃsīṣṭa, -gaṃsyate etc.; cf. √1. gam and, [Pāṇini 1-2, 13; vii, 2, 38]),

—to go or come together, come into contact or collision, meet (either in a friendly or hostile manner), join or unite with ([instrumental case] with and without saha or sārdham), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to unite sexually with ([accusative]), [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to harmonize, agree, fit, correspond, suit, [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara; Vedāntasāra];

—to go to or towards, meet ([accusative]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to come together or assemble in ([locative case]), [Atharva-veda];

—to undergo or get into any state or condition, become (e.g. with viśrambham, ‘to become trustful, confide’), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

— ([Parasmaipada]) to partake of ([instrumental case]), [Ṛg-veda];

—to go away, depart (this life), decease, die, [Lāṭyāyana];

— ([Parasmaipada]) to visit ([accusative]), [Pāṇini 1-3, 29 [Scholiast or Commentator]]:

—[Causal] -gamayati ([indeclinable participle] -gamayya), to cause to go together, bring together, connect or unite or endow or present with ([instrumental case] of [person] and [accusative] of thing), [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.;

—to lead any one to (two [accusative]), [Hitopadeśa, [Introduction]];

—to deliver or hand over to ([locative case]), transfer, bestow, give, [Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa];

—to connect, construe (words), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa];

—to cause to go away or depart (this life), kill, [Mahābhārata] ([Nīlakaṇṭha]) :

—[Desiderative] -jigaṃsate, to wish to meet with ([instrumental case]), [Patañjali];

— -jigāṃsati, to wish to attain to ([accusative]), [ib.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Saṃgam (संगम्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Abbhiḍa, Saṃgaccha.

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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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Partial matches: Gam, Sam.

Starts with (+13): Samgamadatta, Samgamaditya, Samgamajnana, Samgamaka, Samgamakankshi, Samgamalalasa, Samgamamani, Samgamana, Samgamanera, Samgamaniya, Samgamantra, Samgamasadhvasa, Samgamashrijnana, Samgamasvamin, Samgamatantraraja, Samgamatra, Samgamavari, Samgamesha, Samgameshvara, Samgameshvaramahatmya.

Ends with: Abhisamgam, Upasamgam.

Full-text (+32): Sangama, Samgamana, Sangacchati, Samgat, Jatirasa, Samgata, Sanga, Samgativicara, Samgatyanumiti, Samgatiprakasha, Samgatimala, Samgativada, Samgameshvaramahatmya, Samgameshvarastotra, Samgatilakshana, Samgatha, Samgamin, Samgamatantraraja, Samgatyanumitivada, Samgatin.

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