firm footing in water, firm ground.

(-˚) adjective immersed, merging into, diving or plunging into. Only in two main phrases viz.; Amatogadha & Nibbānogadha; diving into N. Besides these only in jagat’ogadha steeped in the world SN.i …

…ava + gādha²

Ogādha²

neuter a firm place, firm ground, only in cpd. ogādhappatta having gained a sure footing…

included; contained in

immersed in the world.

immersed, included in, which?

plunged into annihilation; immersed in ending; or with firm footing in ending

having what as its firm footing or ford? or plunged into what?

leading to a firm footing in nibbāna.

leading to a firm footing in nibbāna.

having a firm footing in nibbana; or plunged into, immersed in nibbāna.

having gained firm footing.

Amata¹

neuter

1. The drink of the gods, ambrosia, water of immortality, (cp BSk. amṛta-varṣa “rain of Ambrosia” Jtm.221).
2. A general conception of a state of durability & non-change a …

˚Gāmin

adjective f. ˚iṇī, in composition ˚gāmi˚

1. going, walking, lit.: sīgha˚ walking quickly Snp.381
2. leading to, making for, usually with magga or paṭipadā (gāminī), either lit. Pāṭaliputtagām …

the world, the earth AN.ii.15, AN.ii.17 (jagato gati); SN.i.186 (jagatogadha plunged into the world).

Vedic jagat, intens. of gam, see gacchati

I. Etymology

Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

…AN.iv.186, AN.iv.210; Ud.49.

pp. of pariyogāhati, see also ogādha¹