‹ Back to the text

gati

fem nom sg of gati (noun); fem voc sg of gati (noun); masc nom sg of gati (adj); fem nom sg of gati (adj); …

1. going; passing on
2. path; course; destination; destiny
3. range; course; extent; reach
4. future destination; future existence
5. way of going; gait; mode of movement
6. (of memory) retention
7. going; proceeding; with movement

Built from

• gati — stem · going, destination
  Derived from √gam (go) with -ti suffix. In the Dhamma, gati is a cardinal term: the destination after death, the realm of rebirth (deva-gati, manussa-gati, apāya-gati). It encompasses both the movement toward that realm and the fixed condition one enters.

Etymology. From √gam (to go), a widespread Indo-European root. The noun denotes both the act of going and its destination — the place or state one goes to. Cognates: English come (from *gweṁ-), Latin venio (from *gweṁ-), Sanskrit gacchati (goes). The shift from action to destination is typical of nominalizations marking both process and result.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version