As a deity name
Name 930 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 382 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
गाथा · noun · feminine
स्तुति · वह श्लोक जिसमें स्वर का नियम न हो · प्राचीन काल की एक प्रकार की ऐतिहासिक रचना जिसमें लोगों के दान, यज्ञादि का वर्णन होता था — Śabdasāgara
गाथा · gāthā · s.f.
A verse, stanza; a song, chant, verse to be chanted or sung — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 891
गाथा · feminine
tale, story, narrative; legend, saga, epic; gatha, a poem or mantra; Gatha
Cited formation "गाथा" is गाथ + -आ: गाथ means "Singing", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "गाथा" is गाथ + -आ: गाथ means "Singing", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi गाथा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit गाथा (gāthā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gāthā f. id., RV.
a verse, stanza (especially one which is neither Ṛc, nor Sāman, nor Yajus, a verse not belonging to the Vedas, but to the epic poetry of legends or Ākhyānas, such as the Śunaḥśepa-Ākhyāna or the Suparṇ.), AV.; TS.; TBr.; ŚBr. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a verse, stanza (especially one which is neither Ṛc, nor Sāman, nor Yajus, a verse not belonging to the Vedas, but to the epic poetry of legends or Ākhyānas, such as the Śunaḥśepa-…
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M1 · same meaning "gāthā" is the feminine form of "gātha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "gāthā" is derived from "gā" with the thāl suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
gā f. a song, L.
1. gā cl. 3. P. jigāti (RV.; jagāti, Naigh. ii, 14 (v.l.); Subj. jigāt; Impv. jigātu; aor. agāt; 3. pl. agan, BhP. i, 9, 40; Subj. [1. sg. geṣam, see anu- and upa-], 2. sg. gās, 3. sg. gāt, 2. pl. gāta, 3. pl. gur; [perf. jigāya, see ud-], perf. Pot. jagāyāt [Naigh. ii, 14] RV. x, 28, 1; inf. gātave, RV. ii, 3, 1; in Class. Sanskṛt only the aor. P. agāt occurs, for Ā. See adhi-; aor. Pass. agāyi, agāsātām, Kāś. on Pāṇ. ii, 4, 45 and 77; cl. 2. P. gāti, Naigh. ii, 14; Ā. gāte, Dhātup. xxii, 53) to go, go towards, come, approach (with acc. or loc.), RV.; AV. &c.; to go after, pursue, RV. iv, 3, 13; x, 18, 4; to fall to one's (dat.) share, be one's (acc.) due, viii, 45, 32; Ragh. xi, 73; to come into any state or condition (acc.), undergo, obtain, MBh. iii, 10697; R. &c.; to go away (from abl.; to any place loc.), RV. x, 108, 9; to come to an end, Naiṣ. viii, 109; to walk (on a path acc. or instr.), RV. viii, 2, 39 and 5, 39; (jigāti) to be born, Vop. on Dhātup. xxv, 25 : Desid. jigīṣati, to desire to go, BhP. ii, 10, 25;
gāthā f. id., RV.
a verse, stanza (especially one which is neither Ṛc, nor Sāman, nor Yajus, a verse not belonging to the Vedas, but to the epic poetry of legends or Ākhyānas, such as the Śunaḥśepa-Ākhyāna or the Suparṇ.), AV.; TS.; TBr.; ŚBr. &c.
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gāthā f. id., RV.
a verse, stanza (especially one which is neither Ṛc, nor Sāman, nor Yajus, a verse not belonging to the Vedas, but to the epic poetry of legends or Ākhyānas, such as the Śunaḥśepa-Ākhyāna or the Suparṇ.), AV.; TS.; TBr.; ŚBr. &c.
the metrical part of a Sūtra, Buddh.
N. of the Āryā metre
any metre not enumerated in the regular treatises on prosody (cf. ṛg-gāthā, ṛju-gātha, yajña-gāthā.)
gātha as, m. a song, RV. i, 167, 6 and ix, 11, 4; SV.
gātha See 3. gā.
gā f. a song, L.
1. gā cl. 3. P. jigāti (RV.; jagāti, Naigh. ii, 14 (v.l.); Subj. jigāt; Impv. jigātu; aor. agāt; 3. pl. agan, BhP. i, 9, 40; Subj. [1. sg. geṣam, see anu- and upa-], 2. sg. gās, 3. sg. gāt, 2. pl. gāta, 3. pl. gur; [perf. jigāya, see ud-], perf. Pot. jagāyāt [Naigh. ii, 14] RV. x, 28, 1; inf. gātave, RV. ii, 3, 1; in Class. Sanskṛt only the aor. P. agāt occurs, for Ā. See adhi-; aor. Pass. agāyi, agāsātām, Kāś. on Pāṇ. ii, 4, 45 and 77; cl. 2. P. gāti, Naigh. ii, 14; Ā. gāte, Dhātup. xxii, 53) to go, go towards, come, approach (with acc. or loc.), RV.; AV. &c.; to go after, pursue, RV. iv, 3, 13; x, 18, 4; to fall to one's (dat.) share, be one's (acc.) due, viii, 45, 32; Ragh. xi, 73; to come into any state or condition (acc.), undergo, obtain, MBh. iii, 10697; R. &c.; to go away (from abl.; to any place loc.), RV. x, 108, 9; to come to an end, Naiṣ. viii, 109; to walk (on a path acc. or instr.), RV. viii, 2, 39 and 5, 39; (jigāti) to be born, Vop. on Dhātup. xxv, 25 : Desid. jigīṣati, to desire to go, BhP. ii, 10, 25;
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