The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

4gada
4gada (m.) & 4gadana (nt.) [! + gad to speak] a word; talk, speech DA i.66 (= vacana).
4gantar
4gantar [N. ag. fr. !gacchati] one who is coming or going to come A i.63; ii.159; It 4, 95 (nom. !gant! only
one MS, all others !gantv!). an˚ A i.64; ii.160.
4gantu
4gantu (adj.) [Sk. !gantu] -- 1. occasional, incidental J vi.358. -- 2. an occasional arrival, a new comer,
stranger J vi.529 (= !gantuka -- jana C.); ThA 16.
4gantuka
4gantuka (adj. -- n.) [!gantu + ka; cp. BSk. !gantuka in same meaning as P. viz. !gantuk! bhik+ava1 Av. -
i.87, 286; Divy 50] -- 1. coming, arriving, new comer, guest, stranger, esp. a newly arrived bhikkhu; a
visitor (opp. gamika one who goes away) Vin i.132, 167; ii.170; iii. 65, 181; iv.24, A i.10; iii.41, 366; J
vi.333; Ud 25; DhA ii.54, 74; VvA 24; PvA 54. -- 2. adventitions, incidental (= !gantu1) Miln 304 (of
megha & roga). 3. accessory, superimposed, added Vism 195. -- bhatta food given to a guest, meal for
a visitor Vin i.292 (opp. gamika˚); ii.16.
4gama
4gama [fr. ! + gam] -- 1. coming, approach, result, D i.53 (!gamana' pavattat" ti DA i.160; cp. Sdhp 249
dukkh˚). -- 2. that which one goes by, resource, reference, source of reference, text, Scripture, Canon; thus
a designation of (?) the P!timokkha, Vin ii.95 = 249, or of the Four Nik!yas, DA i.1, 2 (d"gh˚). A def. at
Vism 442 runs "antamaso opamma -- vagga -- mattassa pi buddhavacanassa pariy!pu*a*a'". See also !gata
2, for phrase !gat!!gama, handed down in the Canon, Vin loc. cit. Sv!gamo, versed in the doctrine, Pv
iv.133 (sv˚ = su&&hu !gat!!gamo, PvA 230); Miln 215. BSk. in same use and meaning, e. g. Divy 17, 333,
!gam!ni = the Four Nik!yas. -- 3. rule, practice, discipline, obedience, Sn 834 (!gam! parivitakka'), cp.
Davs v.22 (takk˚, discipline of right thought) Sdhp 224 (!gamato, in obedience to). 4. meaning,
understanding, KhA 107 (va**˚). -- 5. repayment (of a debt) J. vi.245. -- 6. as gram. tt. "augment", a
consonant or syllable added or inserted SnA 23 (sa -- k!r!!gama).
4gamana
4gamana (nt.) [fr. !gacchati, Sk. same] oncoming, ar- rival, approach A iii.172; DA i.160; PvA 4, 81; Sdhp
224, 356. an˚ not coming or returning J i.203, 264.
4gameti
4gameti [caus of agacchati] to cause somebody or some- thing to come to one, i. e. (1) to wait, to stay Vin
ii. 166, 182, 212; D i.112, 113; S iv.291; PvA 4, 55. (2) to wait for, to welcome Vin ii.128 (ppr.
!gamayam!na); M i.161 (id.) J i.69 (id. + k!la').
4gamma
4gamma (adv.) [orig. ger. of !gacchati, q. v. under i.2 for form & under ii.3 for meaning. BSk. !gamya in
meaning after the P!li form, e. g. Divy 95, 405 (with gen.); Av. - i.85, 210 etc.; M Vastu i.243, 313]. With