Yathagata, Yathāgata, Yatha-agata: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yathāgata (यथागत).—a. foolish, stupid.

-tam ind. as one came, by the same way as one came; यथागतं मातलिसारथिर्ययौ (yathāgataṃ mātalisārathiryayau) R.3.67.

Yathāgata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yathā and āgata (आगत).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yathāgata (यथागत).—Adv. n.

(-taṃ) Applied to a person’s being sent away or returning as he came. E. yathā and gata gone.

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

Yathāgata (यथागत).—[adjective] ([neuter] & [instrumental] [adverb]) on which (way) one came before.

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

1) Yathāgata (यथागत):—[=yathā-gata] [from yathā > ya-tama] 1. yathā-gata mfn. as gone, as previously gone, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [from yathā > ya-tama] 2. yathāgata mfn. (thāg) as come, by the way one came, [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] [from yathāgata > yathā > ya-tama] as one came (into the world), without sense, stupid, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. -jāta, yathodgata)

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

Yathāgata (यथागत):—[yathā+gata] (taṃ) adv. Going as he came.

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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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