gets to; attains, acquires; finds; understands.

to get to, to come into possession of, to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand DN.i.229 (vivesaṃ) MN.i.140 (anvesaṃ n’ âdhigacchanti do not find); SN.i.22 (nibbānaṃ); SN.ii.278 (id.); AN.i.162 (i …

…grasp, understand (cp. adhigacchati) Mil.214 (catusaccâbhisamayaṃ abhisameti). frequently in comb^n. *abhisambujjhati abhisameti;…

…+ sam + āgacchati, cp. in meaning adhigacchati

to find, get, obtain Snp.460 (= labhati adhigacchati Snp-a.405).

abhi + vindati

…Mil.358, Mil.362, Mil.388; Pv-a.207.

fr. adhigacchati

got into possession of, conquered, attained, found Ja.i.374; Vv-a.135.

pp. of adhigacchati

…study, lit. to approach (cp adhigacchati); to learn by heart (the Vedas & other Sacred Books) Vin.i.270; SN.i.202 (dhammapadāni); Ja.iv.184…

…adhigañchi, T. adhigacchati).

adhi + agā 3^rd sg. pret. of adhigacchati (q.v. for similar forms)

…interpreted at Cnd.223 as adhigacchati phusati sacchikaroti, to experience-Sometimes with double acc.: Bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi…

…by passati dakkhati adhigacchati vindati paṭilabhati, & ñatvā (No. 267) by jānitvā tulayitvā tirayitva…

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

…Divy.144, Divy.145) ot˚ adhigacchati, to find a chance Snp.446. [Fausböll here translates ʻdefect’. This is fair as exegesis. Every moral…

to attain Thag.4; aor. samajjhagā Iti.83; 3^rd pl. samajjhagaṃ SN.i.103.

saṃ + adhigacchati

(B ˚-guṃ) aor. from sam-adhi-gā. (See samadhigacchati.)

…Thag.784 (˚ṃ adhigacchati to reach perfection). 2. stopping, ceasing; in phrase -ṃ āpajjati (almost equal to…