abhi-√ gam -gacchati, to go near to, approach (with acc.); to follow, [Kāṭh.]; [R.]; to meet with, find; to cohabit (said of men and women), [Yājñ. ii, 205], &c.; to undertake; to get, gain, obtain, [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; (with mánasā, or medháyā or hṛ́dayena) to understand, [RV. iii, 60, 1]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] : Caus. -gamayati, to study, [MBh. i, 1295.]