Agantu, Āgantu, Agamtu: 15 definitions

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Agantu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Agantu has 13 English definitions available.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Āgantu (आगन्तु):—(wie eben) adj.

1) ankommende, subst. Ankömmling, Fremdling: akasmādāgantunā (mit dem ersten besten Ankömmling) saha viśvāso na yuktaḥ [Hitopadeśa 18, 2.] m. Gast [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 33.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 499.] —

2) hinzukommend, sich anhängend, angehängt: bahuprakṛtāvāgantunā parvaṇā (avagraho bhavati) [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 4, 7.] prayājāḥ [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 3, 3, 6.] grahāḥ [12, 5, 1.] —

3) von aussen kommend, äusserlich; zustossend, zufällig: sa na manyetāgantūnivārthāndevatānām [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 4.] [Suśruta 1, 122, 11. 2, 1, 5. 17, 14.] agniḥ (Gegens. grāmya) [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 134.] niyamastu sa yatkarmānityamāgantusādhanam [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 48.]

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Āgāntu (आगान्तु):—= āgantu Gast [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 33.] [Śabdakalpadruma]

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Āgantu (आगन्तु):—[UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 1, 70.]

1) mūlabhṛtyoparodhena nāgantūnpratimānayet [Spr. 2230.] parivrāj [Kathāsaritsāgara 61, 94.] —

3) vraṇa [Oxforder Handschriften 316,b,5.]

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Āgāntu (आगान्तु):—[UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 5, 43.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Āgantu (आगन्तु):—Adj. —

1) herankommend , herbeikommend ; m. Ankömmling , Fremdling , Gast [Raghuvaṃśa 5,62.] —

2) hinzukommend , sich anhängend , angehängt.

3) zufällig.

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Āgāntu (आगान्तु):—m. = āgantu.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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