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Entry गति

  1. गतिgatif.Motion, going, moving, gait; गतिर्विगलिता Pt.4.78; अभिन्नगतयः Ś.1.14; (न) भिन्दन्ति मन्दां गतिमश्वमुख्यः…

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    1. Motion, going, moving, gait; गतिर्विगलिता Pt.4.78; अभिन्नगतयः Ś.1.14; (न) भिन्दन्ति मन्दां गतिमश्वमुख्यः Ku.1.11 do not mend their slow gait (do not mend their pace); so गगनगतिः Pt.1; लघुगतिः Me.16; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.23.
    2. Access, entrance; मणौ वज्रसमुत्कीर्णे सूत्रस्येवा- स्ति मे गतिः R.1.4.
    3. Scope, room; अस्त्रगतिः Ku.3.19; मनोरथानामगतिर्न विद्यते Ku.5.64; नास्त्यगतिर्मनोरथानाम् V.2.
    4. Turn, course; दैवगतिर्हि चित्रा, Mu.7.16.
    5. Going to, reaching, obtaining; वैकुण्ठीया गतिः Pt.1 obtaining Heaven.
    6. Fate, issue; भर्तुर्गतिर्गन्तव्या Dk.13.
    7. State, condition; दानं भोगो नाशस्तिस्रो गतयो भवन्ति वित्तस्य Bh.2.43; Pt.1.16.
    8. Position, station, situation, mode of existence; परार्ध्यगतेः पितुः R.8.27; कुसुमस्तबकस्येव द्वे गती स्तो मनस्विनाम् Bh.2.14; Pt.1.41,42.
    9. A means, expedient, course, alternative; अनुपेक्षणे द्वयी गतिः Mu.3; का गतिः what help is there, can't help (often used in dramas) Pt.1.319; अन्या गतिर्नास्ति K.158; Compare also अगतिका हि एषा गतिः यत् कृत्स्नसंयोगे सति विकल्पसमुच्चयौ स्याताम् ŚB. on MS.1.5.47.
    10. Recourse, shelter, refuge, asylum, resort; विद्यमानां गतिर्येषाम् Pt.1.32,322; आसयत् सलिले पृथ्वीं यः स मे श्रीहरिर्गतिः Sk.
    11. Source, origin, acquisition; क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति Bg.2.43; Ms.1.5.
    12. a way, path.
    13. A march, procession.
    14. An event, issue, result.
    15. The course of events, fate, fortune.
    16. Course of asterisms.
    17. The diurnal motion of a planet in its orbit.
    18. A running wound or sore, fistula.
    19. Knowing; अपेन पूर्वं न मयेति का गतिः Ki.14.15; knowledge, wisdom.
    20. Transmigration, metempsychosis; Ms.6.73;12.3,23,4-45; त्यज बुद्धिमिमां गतिप्रवृत्ताम् Bu. Ch.5.36; Bhāg.1.17.1.
    21. A stage or period of life, (as शैशव, यौवन, वार्धक).
    22. (In Grammar) A term for preposition and some other adverbial prefixes (such as अलम्, तिरस् etc.) when immediately connected with the tenses of a verb or verbal derivatives.
    23. Position of a child at birth.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अनुसरः following the course of another.

    • -ऊन Adjective impassable, desert.

    • -भङ्गः stoppage.

    • -हीन Adjective without refuge, helpless, forlorn.

    In the Gita4·179·1812·56·376·457·188·138·219·3213·29+4

    अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः ॥

    akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṁ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ. — One has to understand about action as well as to understand about wrong action and about inaction one has to understand; thick and tangled is the way… 4·17
    • गतिःgatiḥnominative singular of the feminine noun gati (the path and goal).
    • गतिम्gatimaccusative singular of the feminine noun gati (the status, goal).
    • गतीgatīnominative dual of the feminine noun gati (path).

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Headwords under ग

Part 1 of 6 ग – गम्यAll parts
  1. ग – गम्य
  2. गय – गाणपत्य
  3. गाणिक्यम् – गुडाका
  4. गुडाकेश – गृहम्
  5. गृहयाय्य – ग्रन्थीकम्
  6. ग्रस् – ग्लौतृ