Pāli Dictionary

gamana

gamrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

gam1go

Synonyms

magga, gata, yāna, patha, caraṇa, saṃvattanika, cāra, pantha,

general

  • going; walking; journey; departure; movement

  • SN 2.26

    gamanena na pattabbo, lokass'anto kudācanaṃ, na ca appatvā lok'antaṃ, dukkhā atthi pamocanaṃ.

  • MN 22

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, puriso addhānamaggappaṭipanno. so passeyya mahantaṃ udak'aṇṇavaṃ… na c'assa nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārā pāraṃ gamanāya.

  • course; procedure; pursuit; way; undertaking

  • SN 55.12

    taṃ kho pan'etaṃ, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇānaṃ bālagamanam'etaṃ mūḷhagamanam'etaṃ na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṃvattati.

  • (as adjective) leading to; conducive to; going to

gāma1

approximate

via inflected form gāmāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kāya, nikāya, jāta, vagga, khandha, bhāga

general

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • musical scale

gāma2

approximate

gāmastemasuffix

via inflected form gāmāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

gamma, pākata

general

  • vulgar; common; crude; related to a village

  • MN 112

    abrahmacariyaṃ pahāya brahmacārī ahosiṃ ārācārī virato methunā gāmadhammā.

gama

approximate

gamrootasuffix

via inflected form gamāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

gam1go

general

  • 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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