===> [ Agama ]2[ 'A-gama ] mf ([ A ]) n. coming near, approaching cf. AV. vi, 81, 2 ; xix, 35, 3 (1) m. (ifc. f. [ A ]) arrival, coming, approach cf. R. &c. (2) origin cf. Mn. viii, 401 cf. R. &c. (3) appearance or reappearance cf. MBh. ii, 547 (4) course (of a fluid), issue (e. g. of blood) cf. Mn. viii, 252 cf. Suśr. (5) income, lawful acquisition (of property, [ artha ], [ dhana ], [ vitta ], [ draviNa ]) cf. Mn. cf. MBh. &c. (6) reading, studying, cf. Pat. (7) acquisition of knowledge, science cf. MBh. cf. Yājñ. &c. (8) a traditional doctrine or precept, collection of such doctrines, sacred work, Brāhmana cf. Mn. xii, 105 cf. MBh. &c. (9) anything handed down and fixed by tradition (as the reading of a text or a record, title-deed, &c.) (10) addition cf. Nir. i, 4 (11) a grammatical augment, a meaningless syllable or letter inserted in any part of the radical word cf. Prāt. cf. Pāṇ. cf. Comm. (12) N. of a rhetorical figure (13) ([ am ]), n. a Tantra or work inculcating the mystical worship of Śiva and Śakti