Āgama [fr. ā + gam] -- 1. coming, approach, result, D i.53 (āgamanaŋ pavattatī ti DA i.160; cp. Sdhp 249 dukkh˚). -- 2. that which one goes by, resource, reference, source of reference, text, Scripture, Canon; thus a designation of(?) the Pātimokkha, Vin ii.95 = 249, or of the Four Nikāyas, DA i.1, 2 (dīgh˚). A def. at Vism 442 runs "antamaso opamma -- vagga -- mattassa pi buddhavacanassa pariyāpuṇaṇaŋ". See also āgata 2, for phrase āgatɔāgama, handed down in the Canon, Vin loc. cit. Svāgamo, versed in the doctrine, Pv iv.133 (sv˚ = suṭṭhu āgatɔāgamo, PvA 230); Miln 215. BSk. in same use and meaning, e. g. Divy 17, 333, āgamāni = the Four Nikāyas. -- 3. rule, practice, discipline, obedience, Sn 834 (āgamā parivitakkaŋ), cp. Davs v.22 (takk˚, discipline of right thought) Sdhp 224 (āgamato, in obedience to). <-> 4. meaning, understanding, KhA 107 (vaṇṇ˚). -- 5. repayment (of a debt) J. vi.245. -- 6. as gram. tt. "augment", a consonant or syllable added or inserted SnA 23 (sa -- kārɔāgama).