Gati
Gati,(f.) [fr.gacchati; cp.Gr.baζis,Lat.(in-) ventio,Goth.(ga-)qumps] 1.going,going away,(opp.āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No.2.See āgati); direction,course,career.Freq.of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz.either a Cakkavatti or a Buddha) D.II,16=Sn.p.106; Sn.1001,or of a gihī arahattaṁ patto Miln.264,with ref.to the distinction of the child Gotama J.I,56.-- phassâyatanānaṁ gati (course or direction) A.II,161; jagato gati (id.) A.II,15,17; sakuntānaṁ g.the course,flight of birds Dh.92=Th.1,92.-- Opp.āgati Pv.II,922.--tassā gatiṁ jānāti “he knows her going away,i.e.where she has gone” PvA.6.-- 2.going away,passing on (=cuti,opp.upapatti coming into another existence); course,esp after death,destiny,as regards another (future) existence A.I,112; D.II,91; M.I,388 (tassa kā gati ko abhisamparāyo? what is his rebirth and what his destiny?); in combn āgati vā gati vā (=cutûpapatti),rebirth & death M.I,328,334.In defn of saṁsāra expld as gati bhavâbhava cuti upapatti=one existence after the other Nd2 664; as gati upapatti paṭisandhi Nd2 on dhātu (also as puna-gati rebirth).-- The Arahant as being beyond Saṁsāra is also beyond gati:yassa gatiṁ na jānanti devā gandhabba-mānusā Dh.420=Sn.644; yesaṁ gati n’atthi Sn.499; and Nibbāna coincides with release from the gatis:gativippamokkhaṁ parinibbānaṁ SnA 368.-- attā hi attano gati “everybody is (the maker of) his own future life” Dh.380; esā maccharino gati “this is the fate of the selfish” Pv III,114; sabbagatī te ijjhantu “all fate be a success to you” J.V,393; gato so tassa yā gati “he has gone where he had to go (after death)” Pv.I,122.‹-› 3.behaviour,state or condition of life,sphere of existence,element,especially characterized as sugati & duggati,a happy or an unhappy existence.gati migānaṁ pavanaṁ,ākāso pakkhīnaṁ gati,vibhavo gati dhammānaṁ,nibbānaṁ arahato gati:the wood is the sphere of the beasts,the air of the birds,decay is the state of (all) things,Nibbāna the sphere of the Arahant Vin.V,149=SnA 346; apuññalābho ca gatī ca pāpikā Dh.310; duggati J.I,28; avijjāy’eva gati the quality of ignorance Sn.729; paramāya gatiyā samannāgato of perfect behaviour M.I,82; see also defn at Vism.237.‹-› 4.one of the five realms of existence of sentient beings (=loka),divided into the two categories of sugati (=Sagga,realm of bliss) & duggati (=Yamaloka,apāya,realm of misery).These gatis are given in the foll.order:(1) niraya purgatory,(2) tiracchānayoni the brute oreation,(3) pittivisaya the ghost world,(4) manussā (m-loka) human beings,(5) devā gods:M.I,73; D.III,234; A.IV,459; Nd2 550; cp.S.V,474--77; Vism.552.They are described in detail in the Pañcagatidīpana (ed.L.Feer,J.P.T.S.1884,152 sq.; trsl.by the same in Annales du Musée Guimet V.514--528) under Naraka-kaṇḍa,Tiracchāna°,Peta°,Manussa°,Deva°.Of these Nos.1--3 are considered duggatis,whilst Nos.4 and 5 are sugati.In later sources we find 6 divisions,viz.1--3 as above,(4) asurā,(5) manussā,(6) devā,of which 1--4 are comprised under apāyā (conditions of suffering,q.v.) or duggatiyo (see Pv IV.11,cp.PvA.103).These six also at D.III,264.-- lokassa gatiṁ pajānāti Bhagavā Sn.377 (gati=nirayādipañcappabhedaṁ SnA 368).The first two gatis are said to be the fate of the micchādiṭṭhino D.I,228,dve niṭṭhā DA.I,249 (q.v.for var.appl.of gati) as well as the dussīlā (A.I,60),whilst the last two are the share of the sīlavanto (A.I.60).
--gata gone its course (of a legal enquiry,vinicchaya) Vin.II,85 (cp.Vin Texts III,26); J.II,1.
agati 1.no course,no access,in agati tava tattha:there you have no access S.I,115.-- 2.=duggati,a wrong course.agatigamana a wrong course of life D.III,133; A.I,72; II,18 sq.; III,274 sq.; J.V,510; PvA.161.Technically the four agati-gamanāni are:chanda° dosa° moha° bhaya° D.III,228 (see also under chanda).
sugati (sometimes suggati after duggati e.g.J.VI,224) a happy existence; a realm of bliss; the devaloka.Cp.sugatin.Usually with gacchati (sugatiṁ) & gata “gone to Heaven” Vin.II,195; D.II,202; It.77; PvA.65.In combn w.sagga loka (sugatiṁ,etc.uppajjati) D.I,143; A.I,97; J.I,152.parammaraṇā sugati pāṭikaṅkhā It.24; suggatiṁ gata Dh.18; sugati pāpehi kammehi sulabhā na hoti “bliss is not gained by evil” PvA.87; =sugga & dibbaṭṭhāna PvA.89; sugati-parāyana sure of rebirth in a realm of bliss,ib.
duggati a miserable existence; a realm of misery (see above gati 4).Usually with gacchati (duggatiṁ gata,reborn in a miserable state) or uppajjati D.I,82; A.I,97,138 (+vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ); II,123; III,3; IV,364; Dh.17; Sn.141; SnA 192 (=dukkhappatti); PvA.87.Sakakammāni nayanti duggatiṁ,one’s own deeds lead to rebirth in misery,Dh.240; with ref.to a Peta existence:Pv.I,62; II,16; 113; 317.Cp.duggata.(Page 242)