upa-√ gam P. -gacchati (inf. -gantavaí, [RV. x, 160, 5]) to go near to, come towards, approach, arrive at, reach, attain, visit (with acc. and rarely dat.), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to come upon, attack; to press hard upon, [RV. i, 53, 9]; [MBh.]; [Mṛcch.] &c.; to occur, happen, present itself, [R.]; [Megh.]; [Pañcat.] &c.; to undertake, begin, [ŚBr.]; [R.]; to approach (a woman sexually), [MBh.]; [Mn.]; to enter any state or relation, undergo, obtain, participate in, make choice of, suffer, [MBh.]; [Yājñ.]; [Kum.]; [Mālav.] &c.; to admit, agree to, allow, confess: Caus. -gamayati, to cause to come near or approach, [Daś.] : Desid. -jigamiṣati, to wish to approach, desire to go, [BhP.]