आगम [ āgama ] [ ā́-gama ] m. f. n. coming near , approaching Lit. AV. vi , 81 , 2 ; xix , 35 , 3

  [ āgama ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) arrival , coming , approach Lit. R.

  m. origin Lit. Mn. viii , 401 Lit. R.

  appearance or reappearance Lit. MBh. ii , 547

  course (of a fluid) , issue (e.g. of blood) Lit. Mn. viii , 252 Lit. Suśr.

  income , lawful acquisition ( of property , [ artha ] , [ dhana ] , [ vitta ] , [ draviṇa ] ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  reading , studying Lit. Pat.

  acquisition of knowledge , science Lit. MBh. Lit. Yājñ.

  a traditional doctrine or precept , collection of such doctrines , sacred work , Brāhmaṇa Lit. Mn. xii , 105 Lit. MBh.

  anything handed down and fixed by tradition (as the reading of a text or a record , title-deed , )

  addition Lit. Nir. i , 4

  a grammatical augment , a meaningless syllable or letter inserted in any part of the radical word Lit. Prāt. Lit. Pāṇ. Comm.

  N. of a rhetorical figure

  n. a Tantra or work inculcating the mystical worship of Śiva and Śakti.