-gacchati-, to go near to, approach (with accusative) ; to follow ; to meet with, find ; to cohabit (said of men and women) ; to undertake ; to get, gain, obtain etc. ; (with m/anasā-,or medh/ayā-or h/ṛdayena-) to understand : Causal-gamayati-, to study
n. the act of cleansing and smearing with cow-dung the way leading to the image of the deity (one of the five parts of the upāsana-with the rāmānuja-s)
अभिगम् 1 P. 1 To go to, go near to, approach (with acc.); एनमभिजग्मुर्भहर्षयः R.15.59; Ki.1.21; मनुमेकाग्रमासीनमभिगम्य महर्षयः Ms.1.1;11.1. -2 To follow; go after; अनुरागाद्वने रामं दिष्ट्य त्वमभिगच्छसि Rām. -3 To find; meet with (casually or by chance). -4 To cohabit; have sexual intercourse (with man or woman); अभिगन्तास्मि भगिनीं मातरं वा तवेति ह Y.2.25; अभ्यगच्छः पतिं यत्त्वं भजमानम् Mb. -5 To take to, undertake, betake oneself to. -6 To get, to share in; be subject to; निद्रामभिगतः Rām. -7 To conceive, apprehend, understand, comprehend. -Caus. 1 To cause to go to or approach; take, convey; send; Dk.12. -2 To cause to apprehend; explain, teach.
अभिगम्य pot. p. 1 To be approached, visited or sought; अद्यप्रभृति भूतानामधिगम्यो$स्मि शुद्धये Ku.6.56. -2 Accessible, that can be approached without fear, inviting; तथाप्यनभिगमनीयो लोकस्य Mk.4; भीमकान्तैर्नृपगुणैः ...अधृष्यश्चाभिगम्यश्च R.1.16.
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to approach (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cohabit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to follow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to go near to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obtain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to undertake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) approaching (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sexual intercourse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
visiting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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