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gām

2. ga mf(ā)n. (√ gam) only ifc. going, moving ( e.g. yāna, going in a carriage, Mn. iv, 120 ; Yājñ. iii, 291 ; śīghra, going quickly, R. iii, 31, 3 ; cf. antarikṣa &c.)

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  • Aitareya Upanisad 2 · 4.13/10k
  • Chandogya Upanisad 14 · 2.99/10k
  • Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
  • Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 7 · 0.93/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. غَ

2. ga mf(ā)n. (√ gam) only ifc. going, moving ( e.g. yāna, going in a carriage, Mn. iv, 120 ; Yājñ. iii, 291 ; śīghra, going quickly, R. iii, 31, 3 ; cf. antarikṣa &c.)

2.

1. gā cl. 3. P. jigāti ( RV. ; jagāti, Naigh. ii, 14 ( v.l. ); Subj. jigāt; Impv. jigātu; aor. agāt; 3. pl. agan, BhP. i, 9, 40 ; Subj. [1. sg. geṣam, see anu and upa], 2. sg. gās, 3. sg. gāt, 2. pl. gāta, 3. pl. gur; [ perf. jigāya, see ud], perf. Pot. jagāyāt [ Naigh. ii, 14 ] RV. x, 28, 1 ; inf. gātave, RV. ii, 3, 1 ; in Class. Sanskṛt only the aor. P. agāt occurs, for Ā. See adhi; aor. Pass. agāyi, agāsātām, Kāś. on Pāṇ. ii, 4, 45 and 77 ; cl. 2. P. gāti, Naigh. ii, 14 ; Ā. gāte, Dhātup. xxii, 53 ) to go, go towards, come, approach (with acc. or loc. ), RV. ; AV. &c.; to go after, pursue, RV. iv, 3, 13 ; x, 18, 4 ; to fall to one's ( dat. ) share, be one's ( acc. ) due, viii, 45, 32 ; Ragh. xi, 73 ; to come into any state or condition ( acc. ), undergo, obtain, MBh. iii, 10697 ; R. &c.; to go away (from abl. ; to any place loc. ), RV. x, 108, 9 ; to come to an end, Naiṣ. viii, 109 ; to walk (on a path acc. or instr. ), RV. viii, 2, 39 and 5, 39 ; (jigāti) to be born, Vop. on Dhātup. xxv, 25 : Desid. jigīṣati, to desire to go, BhP. ii, 10, 25 ;

3.

2. gā mfn. Ved. ifc. ‘going’ ( cf. agā; agre, tamo, puro, samana and svastigā), Pāṇ. iii, 2, 67.

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