Pāli Dictionary

gāma1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kāya, nikāya, jāta, vagga, khandha, bhāga

general

  • ගම; ග්‍රාමය; ජනාවාසය; ගම්වැසියන්

  • village; hamlet; inhabited place; the people of a village

  • Dhp 49

    yathā'pi bhamaro pupphaṃ, vaṇṇagandham'aheṭhayaṃ, paleti rasam'ādāya, evaṃ gāme munī care.

  • Thag 3.9

    yathā brahmā tathā eko, yathā devo tathā duve, yathā gāmo tathā tayo, kolāhalaṃ tat'uttarin'ti.

  • සමූහය; එකතුව; පංතිය

  • group; class; collection; multitude

  • MN 27

    so bījagāmabhūtagāmasamārambhā paṭivirato hoti

  • AN 8.49

    idha, visākhe, mātugāmo susaṃvihitakamm'anto hoti, saṅgahitaparijano, bhattu manāpaṃ carati, sambhataṃ anurakkhati.

  • සංගීත ස්වර මාලාව

  • musical scale

gāma2

gāmastemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

gamma, pākata

general

  • ග්‍රාමීය; පොදු; රළු

  • vulgar; common; crude; related to a village

  • MN 112

    abrahmacariyaṃ pahāya brahmacārī ahosiṃ ārācārī virato methunā gāmadhammā.

gama

approximate

gamrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

gam1යන්න

general

  • යන, යා හැකි, යොමු කරන (සාමාන්‍යයෙන් සමාස පදයක අවසාන අංගය ලෙස යෙදේ)

  • going; able to go, leading to (usually as the final member of a compound)

  • MN 39

    seyyathā'pi bhikkhave puriso dāso assa anatt'ādhīno par'ādhīno na yenakāmaṃgamo

  • SN 1.38

    pañcavedā sataṃ samaṃ, tapassī brāhmaṇā caraṃ, cittañ'ca nesaṃ na sammā vimuttaṃ, hīn'attharūpā na pāraṅ'gamā te.

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