Ved. cl.1 P.g/amati- (; subjunctivegamam-, g/amat-[ gamātas-, gamātha- ], gamāma-, gaman-; Potentialgam/ema-; infinitive moodg/amadhyai-) : cl.2 P.g/anti- (; imperative 3. sg.gantu-,[2. sg.gadhi-Seeā--,or gahi-Seeadhi--, abhy-ā--, ā--, upā--],2. pluralg/antā-or gantana-; imperfect tense 2. and 3. sg./agan-[ ] , 1. plural/aganma-[ ; confer, compare ] , 3. plural/agman-; subjunctive [or Aoristsubjunctiveconfer, compare ]1. pluralganma-,3. pluralgm/an-; Potential 2. sg.gamyās-; preceding 3. sg.gamy/ās-; pr. p.gm/at-, ) : cl.3 P.jaganti- (; Potentialjagamyām-, yāt-; imperfect tense 2. and 3. sg.ajagan-,2. pluralajaganta-or tana-) : Ved. and Class. cl.1 P. (also A1. etc.) , with substitution of gacch- ([= ]) for gam-, g/acchati- (confer, compare; subjunctivegācchāti-;2. sg.gacchās-[ ] or gacchāsi-[ ];2. pluralgacchāta-;3. pluralg/acchān-; imperfect tense/agacchat-; Potentialgacchet-; pr. p.g/acchat- etc.; Aoristagamat-;for A1.with prepositions confer, comparefuturegamiṣyati- etc.; 1st futureg/antā-[ ] etc.; perf. 1. sg.jagamā-[ ],3. sg.jagāma-,2. dual numberjagmathur-,3. pluraljagm/ur- etc.; parasmE-padajaganv/as-[ etc.] or jagmivas-f.jagm/uṣī- etc.;Ved. infinitive moodg/antave-, g/antav/ai-;Class. infinitive moodgantum-:Ved. ind.p.gatvāya-, gatv/ī-;Class. ind.p.gatv/ā-[ etc.] , with prepositions -gamya-or -gatya-) to go, move, go away, set out, come etc. ; to go to or towards, approach (with accusative or locative case or dative case [ ; confer, compare ] or prati-[ ]) etc. ; to go or pass (as time exempli gratia, 'for example'kāle gacchati-,time going on, in the course of time) ; to fall to the share of (accusative) etc. ; to go against with hostile intentions, attack ; to decease, die ; to approach carnally, have sexual intercourse with (accusative) etc. ; to go to any state or condition, undergo, partake of, participate in, receive, obtain (exempli gratia, 'for example'mitratāṃ gacchati-,"he goes to friendship" id est he becomes friendly) etc. ; jānubhyām avanīṃ-gam-,"to go to the earth with the knees", kneel down ; dharaṇīṃ mūrdhnā-gam-,"to go to the earth with the head", make a bow ; m/anasā-gam-, to go with the mind, observe, perceive ; (without m/anasā-) to observe, understand, guess ; (especially Passive voicegamyate-,"to be understood or meant") and ; doṣeṇa- or doṣato-gam-, to approach with an accusation, ascribe guilt to a person (accusative) : Causalgamayati- (; imperative 2. sg. Ved. gamayā-or gāmaya-[ ] , 3. sg.gamayatāt-; perf.gamay/āṃ cakāra- etc.) to cause to go () or come, lead or conduct towards, send to (dative case), bring to a place (accusative [ ] or locative case) etc. ; to cause to go to any condition, cause to become etc. ; to impart, grant ; to send away ; "to let go", not care about ; to excel ; to spend time etc. ; to cause to understand, make clear or intelligible, explain ; to convey an idea or meaning, denote ; (causal of the causal) to cause a person (accusative) to go by means of jigamiśati- another : Desiderativej/igamiṣati- (jigāṃsate-; imperfect tenseajigāṃsat-) to wish to go, be going ; to strive to obtain ; to wish to bring (to light, prak/āśam-) : Intensivej/aṅganti- (), jaṅgamīti- or jaṅgamyate- (), to visit (parasmE-padag/anigmat-) (imperfect tenseaganīgan-) ; ([ confer, compare ; Gothic qvam; English come; Latin venioforgvemio.])
गम् 1 P. (गच्छति, जगाम, अगमत्, गमिष्यति, गन्तुम्, गत desid.; जिगमिषति, जिगांसते Ātm.; freq. जङ्गम्यते; जङ्गमीति or जङ्गन्ति) 1 To go, move in general; गच्छत्वार्या पुनर्दर्शनाय V.5; गच्छति पुरः शरीरं धावति पश्चादसंस्तुतं चेतः Ś.1.33; क्वाधुना गम्यते 'where art thou going'. -2 To depart, go forth, go away, set forth or out; उत्क्षिप्यैनां ज्योतिरेकं जगाम Ś.5.3. -3 To go to, reach, resort to, arrive at, approach; यदगम्यो$पि गम्यते Pt.1.7; एनो गच्छति कर्तारम् Ms.8.19 the sin goes to (recoils on) the doer; 4.199; so धरणिं मूर्ध्ना गम् &c. -4 To pass, pass away, elapse (as time); दिनेषु गच्छत्सु R.3.8 as days rolled on, in course of time; Me.85; काव्यशास्त्रविनोदेन कालो गच्छति धीमताम् H.1.1; गच्छता कालेन in the long run. -5 To go to the state or condition of, become, undergo, suffer, partake of &c. (usually joined with nouns ending in. -ता, -त्व &c, or any noun in the acc.); गमिष्या- म्युपहास्यताम् R.1.3; पश्चादुमाख्यां सुमुखी जगाम Ku.1.26 went by or received the name of Umā; so तृप्तिं गच्छति becomes satisfied; विषादं गतः became dejected; कोपं न गच्छति does not become angry; आनृण्यं गतः became released from debt; मनसा गम् to think of, remember; Ku.2.63; वृषेण गच्छतः riding a bull; Ku.5.8. -6 To cohabit, have sexual intercourse with; गुरोः सुतां ... यो गच्छति पुमान् Pt.2.17; Y.1.8. -Caus. (गमयति-ते) 1 To cause to go, lead or reduce to (as a state); गमितः गतिम् Ku.4.24; Bh.3.38; Ki.2.7. -2 To spend, pass (as time). -3 To make clear, explain, expound. -4 To signify, denote, convey an idea or sense of; द्वौ नञौ प्रकृतार्थ गमयतः 'two negatives make one affirmative'. -5 To send to. -6 To bring to a place (acc.). -7 To impart, grant, bestow. -8 To intend, mean.
gam go, I. gáchati, -te to (acc.), i. 1, 4; x. 14, 13; root ao. 3. pl. ágman, vii. 71, 6; 1. pl. áganma, viii. 48, 3. 11 [Gk. βαίνω, Lat. venio, Eng. come]. á̄- come, i. 1, 5; 85, 11; root ao. ipv. gahí, vi. 54, 7; x. 14, 5; 2. pl. gatá, x. 15, 4; 3. gámantu, x. 15, 52. 11; go to (acc.), x. 168, 2. sám- go with (inst.), a ao. op., vi. 54, 2; unite with (inst.), x. 14, 8.
verb (class 6 parasmaipada) to approach (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to go (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to move (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to reside (as a disease)
to understand (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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