AGAMA


Meaning of AGAMA in English

I. əˈgāmə, ˈagəmə noun

Etymology: New Latin

1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Agamidae) of Old World terrestrial lizards including many that are of bright and changeable colors

2. -s : a lizard of the genus Agama

II. ˈägəmə noun

( -s )

Etymology: Sanskrit āgama, literally, arrival, acquisition of knowledge, from āgacchati he comes, arrives, from ā towards + gacchati he goes; akin to gamati he goes — more at acharya , come

: one of a class of tantric treatises accepted as scripture within Hinduism and Buddhism — compare tantra

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