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adhigamāya
adhigama
masc dat sg of adhigama (noun)
- discovery; finding (of); lit. arrival
- approach to scripture; scribing of scripture
- arrival
- attainment; achievement; realization (of); lit. arrival
Built from
- adhi — prefix · on top of, presiding over
The prefix adhi carries the sense of arriving at or presiding over something, marking movement toward and arrival at a higher or governing position.
- gam — root · to go, come
The root √gam (cognate with English 'come', Latin 'venire') denotes motion and arrival; here it is nominalized to express the event or state of reaching.
- a — ending · nominalization marker
This vowel extends the root into a masculine noun stem, creating adhigama as a concrete or abstract noun denoting the act or result of going/arriving.
- āya — ending · dative singular
The dative ending -āya marks the recipient or goal of an action, so adhigamāya means 'for the sake of attainment' or 'toward the goal of realization'.
Analysis. adhi + gama: 'arrival onto, reaching toward' — the prefix adhi (on top of, presiding over) combines with the root gam (to go, come), yielding the abstract noun adhigama (attainment, realization of a state or knowledge); the dative case -āya marks the goal or purpose ('for the sake of attainment').
Etymology. adhi (on top of, presiding over; Sanskrit adhi) + √gam (to go, to come; cognate with English 'come', Latin 'venire', Sanskrit gam-). The concrete sense of reaching toward or arriving at a place evolved into the doctrinal sense of attainment or realization of a spiritual state.