The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

miserable existence; a realm of misery (see above gati 4). Usually with gacchati (duggati' gata, reborn in a
miserable state) or uppajjati D i.82; A i.97, 138 (+vinip!ta' niraya'); ii.123; iii.3; iv.364; Dh 17; Sn 141;
SnA 192 (=dukkhappatti); PvA 87. Sakakamm!ni nayanti duggati', one's own deeds lead to rebirth in
misery, Dh 240; with ref. to a Peta existence: Pv i.62; ii.16; 113; 317. Cp. duggata.
Gatika
Gatika (adj.) 1. going to, staying with, in bhikkhu˚ a person living with the bhikkhus Vin i.148. -- 2. leading
to: ya'˚ what they lead to (of the 5 indriyas) S v.230. -- 3. having a certain gati, leading to one of the four
kinds of rebirth: eva'˚ D i.16 (w. ref. to one of the first 3 gatis: DA i.108); niyata˚ whose destiny is certain
(w. ref. to sugati) and aniyata˚ whose destiny is uncertain (w. ref. to a duggati) DhA iii.173.
Gatin
Gatin (adj.=gatika) 1. going, i. e. having a certain course: sabb! nad" vankagat" "every river flows crooked"
J i.289. -- 2. having a certain gati, fated, destined, esp. in su˚ & dug˚: sampar!ye suggat" going to a happy
existence after death Vin ii.162=J i.219; sagga' sugatino yanti "those who have a happy fate (because of
leading a good life) go to one of the Heavens" Dh 126.
Gatimant
Gatimant (adj.) of (perfect) behaviour, going right, clever (cp. gatatta under gata, & gati 3) M i.82.
Gatta
Gatta (nt.) [Vedic g!tra] the body, pl. gatt!ni the limbs. - As body: Vin i.47; S i.169=183 (analla˚ with pure
bodies; anall"na˚ at 169, but v. l. analla˚); A i.138; Sn 673 (samacchida˚ with bodies cut up); Pv i.112
(bhinna -- pabhinna˚, id.); PvA 56 (=sar"ra); 68. -- As limbs: S iv.198 (arupakk!ni festering with sores); M
i.506 (id.); M i.80=246; J i.61 (l!l!kilinna˚); Sn 1001 (honti gattesu mah!purisalakkha*!), 1017, 1019; Pv
iii.91 (=sar"râvayav! PvA 211); Miln 357 (arupakk!ni).
Gathita
Gathita (adj.) [pp. of ganthati to tie, cp. gantha, knot; Sk. grathita] tied, bound, fettered; enslaved, bound to,
greedy for, intoxicated with (c. loc.). When abs. always in combn w. paribhuñjati and w. ref. to some object
of desire (bhoga, l!bha, k!magu*e). Usually in standing phrase gathita mucchita ajjh!panna (ajjhopanna)
"full of greed & blind desire." In this connection it is frequently (by B MSS.) spelt gadhita and the editors
of S, A, & Miln have put that in the text throughout. With mucchita & ajjh!panna: D i.245; iii.43; M i.162,
173; S ii.270; iv.332; A v.178, 181 Nd2 on nissita C. -- c. loc.: J iv.371 (gharesu); DA i.59 (k!magu*esu).
In other connections: !d!nagantha' gathita' visajja Sn 794 (cp. Nd1 98); y!ni loke gathit!ni na tesu pasuto
siy! Sn 940. -- J iv.5 (=giddha); v.274 (gedhita for pagiddha); PvA 262 (gadhita as expln of giddha) --
agathita (agadhita) not fettered (by desire) without desire, free from the ties of craving (+m˚, a˚) S ii.194,
269; A v.181; Miln 401 (trsl. Rh.D. ii.339: "without craving, without faintness, without sinking").
Gada
Gada speech, sentence Dh i.66, DA i.66 f.; and on D iii.135 (§ 28); gada at S ii.230 (v. l.) in phrase
di&&hagadena sallena is to be read diddhagadena s.
Gaddula
Gaddula (and gadd(la) a leather strap S iii.150; J ii.246; iii.204; fig, in ta*h! -- gadd(la "the leash of thirst,"
Nd2 on japp! (ta*h!)=Dhs 1059=Vbh 361, cp. DhsA 367.