to come to or towards, approach, go back, arive etc.

I. Forms

(same arrangement as under gacchati):

1. √ gacch:
   pres āgacchati DN.i.161; Ja.ii.153; Pv.iv.1#51
   fut āgacchissati Ja.iii.53;
   aor āgacchi Pv.ii.13#3; Pv-a.64
2. √ gam:
   aor āgamāsi Pv-a.81, āgamā DN.i.108; Ja.iii.128, and pl. āgamiṃsu Ja.i.118;
   fut āgamissati Vv-a.3; Pv-a.122;
   ger āgamma (q.v.) & āgantvā Ja.i.151; Mil.14;
   caus āgameti (q.v.)
3. √ gā:
   aor āgā Snp.841; Pv.i.12#3 (= āgacchi Pv-a.64)

pp āgata (q.v.).

II. Meanings

1. to come to, approach, arrive DN.i.108; Pv.i.11#3; Pv.ii.13#3; Mil.14; to return, to come back (cp āgata) Pv-a.81, Pv-a.122
2. to come into, to result, deserve (cp. āgama²) DN.i.161 (gārayhaṃ ṭhānaṃ deserve blame come to be blamed); Pv.iv.1#51 (get to, be a profit to upakappati Pv-a.241)
3. to come by, to come out to (be understood as), to refer or be referred to, to be meant or understood (cp. āgata 3 & āgama 3) Ja.i.118 (tīṇi piṭakāni āgamiṃsu); Snp-a.321; Vv-a.3. See also āgamma.

ā + gacchati, gam