AgamaH 1 Coming, arrival, approach, appearance; latAyAM pUrvalUnAyAM prasUnasyAgamaH kutaH U. 5. 20 ; Śi. 1. 30 ; avyaktAd vyaktayaH sarvAH praBavaMtyaharAgame . rAtryAgame pralIyaMte Bg. 8. 18 ; R. 14. 80 ; Pt. 3. 48 ; Ms. 8. 401 ; so vyasana° , aMDakAra° &c. 2 Acquisition; ezo'syA mudrAyA AgamaH Mu. 1 ; Ś. 6 this is how I came by this ring; Dk. 139 ; vedAnAmAgamaH K. 18 ; vidyAgamanimittaM V. 5. 3 Birth, origin, source; AgamApAyino' nityAstAMstitikzasva BArata Bg. 2. 14 coming and going, of short birth or duration, transient; AgamaH kAvyAmftarasAnAM K. 5. 4 Addition, accumulation, acquisition (of wealth); arTa°, Dana° &c. 5 Flow, course, current (of water); Ms. 8. 252 , 9. 281 ; rakta°, PeRa° . 6 A voucher or written testimony; see anAgama . 7 Knowledge; SizyapradeyAgamAH Bh. 2. 15 ; prajYayA sadfSAgamaH AgamEH sadfSAraMBaH R. 1. 15 ; yasyAgamaH kevalajIvikAyE M. 1. 17 ; Y. 2. 212 , 92. 8 Supply of money, income, revenue. 9 Lawful acquisition of anything; Agamope balaM nEva BuktiH stokApi yatra no Y. 2. 27 , 28. 10 Increase of property. 11 A traditional doctrine or precept, a sacred writing or scripture, Śāstra; anumAnena na cAgamaH kzataH Ki. 2. 28 , 5. 18 ; pariSudDa AgamaH 2. 33 ; K. 55 , 337. 12 The study of Śāstras, sacred knowledge or learning. 13 Science, a system of philosophy; sAMKyAgameneva praDAnapuruzopetena K. 51 ; bahuDApyAgamErBinnAH paMTAnaH sidDihetavaH R. 10. 26. 14 The ( pb ) Vedas, the sacred scripture; nyAyanirRItasAratvAnnirapekzamivAgame Ki. 11. 39. 15 The last of the four kinds of proof, recognized by the Naiyāyikas (also called Sabda or AptavAkya , the Vedas being so regarded). 16 An affix or suffix. 17 The addition or insertion of a letter; BavedvarRAgamAdDaMsaH Sk. 18 An augment; iqAgamaH . 19 Theory ( opp. prayoga ); catuHzazwikalAgamaprayogacaturaH Dk. 120. 20 — (maH, -maM) A work inculcating the mystical worship of Siva and Sakti , a Tantra; AgataM paMcavaktrAttu gataM ca girijAnane . mataM ca vAsudevasya tasmAdAgamamucyate .. Śabdak. 21 The mouth of a river. Comp. — AvartA N. of the plant Targia Involucrata Lin. ( vfScikAlI ). — nirapekza a. independent of a voucher. — nIta a. studied, read, examined. — rahita a. 1 without a voucher. 2 devoid of Śāstras. — vfdDa a. advanced in knowledge, a very learned man; pratIpa ityAgamavfdDasevI R. 6. 41. — vedin a. 1 knowing the Vedas. 2 learned in Śāstras. ( — m. ) an epithet of Śankarāchārya's preceptor Gauḍapāda. — sAkzepa a. supposed by a voucher.