# गच्छति
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* gacchati (Latin script)
* 𑀕𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* গচ্ছতি (Bengali script)
* ගච‍්ඡති (Sinhalese script)
* ဂစ္ဆတိ or ၷၸ္ꧡတိ or ၷၸ်ꧡတိ (Burmese script)
* คจฺฉติ or คัจฉะติ (Thai script)
* ᨣᨧ᩠ᨨᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ຄຈ຺ຉຕິ or ຄັຈຉະຕິ or ຄັດສະຕິ (Lao script)
* គច្ឆតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄉𑄌𑄴𑄍𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

गच्छति (root gam, first conjugation)
* Devanagari script form of gacchati
** 2017 July 19, Vinodh Rajan, Ben Mitchell, Martin Jansche, Sascha Brawer, “Proposal to Encode Lao Characters for Pali (revised)”, in Unicode‎ (PDF), page 2:बुद्धं सरणं गच्छामिbuddhaṃ saraṇaṃ ɡacchāmiI go to the Buddha as a refuge.

#### Conjugation

* Present active participle: गच्छन्त् (gacchant), which see for forms and usage
* Present middle participle: गच्छमान (gacchamāna), which see for forms and usage
* Past participle: गत (gata), which see for forms and usage

### Adjective

गच्छति (gacchati)
* Devanagari script form of gacchati, which is masculine/neuter locative singular of गच्छन्त् (gacchant), present participle of the verb above

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* গচ্ছতি (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬘ᭄ᬙᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* গচ্ছতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဂစ္ဆတိ (Burmese script)
* ગચ્છતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਗਚ੍ਛਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦕ꧀ꦖꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಗಚ್ಛತಿ (Kannada script)
* គច្ឆតិ (Khmer script)
* ຄຈ຺ຉຕິ (Lao script)
* ഗച്ഛതി (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᠠᢜᡮᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠠᢋᠼᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑦳𑧠𑦴𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଗଚ୍ଛତି (Odia script)
* ꢔꢗ꣄ꢘꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ගච‍්ඡති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* க³ச்ச²தி (Tamil script)
* గచ్ఛతి (Telugu script)
* คจฺฉติ (Thai script)
* ག་ཙྪ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gasćáti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥sḱéti, a present tense formation of the root *gʷem-. Cognate with Ancient Greek βᾰ́σκω (bắskō). For different formations, see the etymology of the root.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡɐ́t.t͡ɕʰɐ.ti/, [ɡɐ́t̚.t͡ɕʰɐ.ti]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɡɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i/, [ɡɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i]

### Verb

गच्छति • (gácchati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, present, root गम्)
* to go, move, go away, set out, come
** c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 6.37:अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति॥aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati.If he hasn't attained perfection in yoga, Krishna, on what path does he go?
* to go to or towards, approach
* to go or pass (time)
* to fall to the share of
* to go against with hostile intentions, attack
* to decease, die
* to approach carnally, have sexual intercourse with
* to go to any state or condition, undergo, partake of, participate in, receive, obtain

#### Derived terms

* अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati, “to find, perceive”)
* अवगच्छति (avagacchati, “to understand”)
* आगच्छति (āgacchati, “to come”)

#### Related terms

* गमति (gámati, “to go”) (Vedic yet regular form from the same root)

#### Descendants

* Pali: gacchati
* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀕𑀙𑁂𑀬𑀁 (gacheyaṃ) (see further for descendants)