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āgamā
āgama
masc nom pl of āgama (noun); masc instr sg of āgama (noun); masc abl sg of āgama (noun); masc voc sg of āgama (noun); …
- āgama (masc): scripture; religious text; canon; lit. come here
- āgama (masc): occurrence; outcome; result; lit. come here
- āgama (masc): (gram) insertion; inserted consonant; augment; lit. come here
- āgama (masc): coming; arrival; approach; lit. come here
- āgamā (imperf): came (to); arrived (at); lit. came here
- āgamā (aor): you yourself have come; lit. came here
- āgami (aor): returned; came back (to); lit. came here
- āgami (aor): approached; came; arrived; lit. came here
Built from
- ā — prefix · toward, hither
Reverses motion verbs. The concrete sense 'toward the speaker' becomes abstract in 'coming into being' or 'something received'.
- gam — root · go, come
Indo-European root cognate with English come, Latin venio. In Pali, √gam + ā yields āgacchati (comes), and the agential noun āgama (that which comes, or the event of coming).
- a — ending · masc nom pl / neut nom sg
Here marking the masculine nominative plural (āgamā) or other cases in the singular paradigm, depending on context.
Etymology. ā- (toward the speaker, reversing motion) + √gam (go, come). The prefix ā- turns the simple idea of 'going' into 'coming toward', and the noun form captures both the event of arrival and, metaphorically, 'something that comes' (a text received, a result that comes about). Cognate with Sanskrit āgama.