strong, severe; harsh, hard.

adjective (ā + gāḷha 1; cp. Sk. samāgāḍhaṃ] strong, hard, harsh, rough (of speech), usually in instr. as adv āgāḷhena roughly, harshly aN.i.283, aN.i.295; Pp.32 (so to be read for agāḷhena, althoug …

…(? prob. to be read āgāḷha) (of vacana, speech, combined with pharusa) strong (?) Pp.32 (expl by Com. atigāḷha…

to dive into, sink into Snp.819 (≈ ajjhogāha Snp-a.537; = ogāhati ajjhogāhati pavisati Mnd.152)
pp pagāḷha.

pa + gāhati

sunk into, immersed in (loc.) Snp.441, Snp.772 (= ogāḷha ajjhogāḷha nimugga Mnd.26).

pp. of pagāhati

means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …