āgama
Āgama,[fr. ā + gam] -- 1. coming,approach,result,D.I,53 (āgamanaṁ pavattatī ti DA.I,160; cp. Sdhp.249 dukkh°). -- 2. that which one goes by,resource,reference,source of reference,text,Scripture,Canon; thus a designation of(?) the Pātimokkha,Vin.II,95 = 249,or of the Four Nikāyas,DA.I,1,2 (dīgh°). A def. at Vism.442 runs “antamaso opamma-vagga-mattassa pi buddhavacanassa pariyāpuṇaṇaṁ”. See also āgata 2,for phrase āgat’āgama,handed down in the Canon,Vin Loc. cit. Svāgamo,versed in the doctrine,Pv IV.133 (sv° = suṭṭhu āgat’āgamo,PvA.230); Miln.215. BSk. in same use and meaning,e. g. Divy 17,333,āgamāni = the Four Nikāyas. -- 3. rule,practice,discipline,obedience,Sn.834 (āgamā parivitakkaṁ),cp. Davs.V,22 (takk°,discipline of right thought) Sdhp.224 (āgamato,in obedience to). ‹-› 4. meaning,understanding,KhA 107 (vaṇṇ°). -- 5. repayment (of a debt) J. VI,245. -- 6. as gram. tt. “augment”,a consonant or syllable added or inserted SnA 23 (sa-kār’āgama). (Page 95)