āgama

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

Noun

āgama

  1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
  2. collection of such doctrines
  3. sacred work.

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦲꦒꦩ (agama)
  • → Balinese: ᬆᬕᬫ (agama, “religion”)

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀆𑀕𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • आगम (Devanagari script)
  • আগম (Bengali script)
  • ආගම (Sinhalese script)
  • အာဂမ or ဢႃၷမ (Burmese script)
  • อาคม or อาคะมะ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩣᨣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອາຄມ or ອາຄະມະ (Lao script)
  • អាគម (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄂𑄉𑄟 (Chakma script)

Etymology
  • ā- (“towards”) +‎ gam (“go, come”)

Noun

āgama m[1]

  1. coming, arrival[1]
  2. that which arrives:
    1. income, influx[1]
    2. knowledge[1]
    3. sacred book[1]
    4. doctrine, religion[1]
    5. (grammar) augment[2]
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Declension
Declension table of "āgama" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)āgamoāgamā
Accusative (second)āgamaṃāgame
Instrumental (third)āgamenaāgamehi or āgamebhi
Dative (fourth)āgamassa or āgamāya or āgamatthaṃāgamānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)āgamasmā or āgamamhā or āgamāāgamehi or āgamebhi
Genitive (sixth)āgamassaāgamānaṃ
Locative (seventh)āgamasmiṃ or āgamamhi or āgameāgamesu
Vocative (calling)āgamaāgamā
  • āgacchati

References
  1. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 16.
  2. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “āgama”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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