Pali Dictionary

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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ga-ti

gati

{ga.ti.}

UMK-USL p32
n. destination after death of a being; next existence in afterlife.
There are five possible destinations:
1. deva-gati -- realms of devas (celestial gods) and brahmās (supreme beings)
2. manussa-gati -- realm of humanity
3. tirichāna-gati -- animal world
4. peta-gati -- realm of the unhappy and hungry dispossessed beings (ghosts)
5. niraya-gati -- purgatory

PTS p242
gati -- (f.) [fr. gacchati ]
1. going, going away, (opp. agati ).
2. going away, passing on; course esp. after death, destiny as regards another future existence

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gati-nimitta

{ga.ti. ni.meit~ta.}

UMK-USL p33
n. premonition destined afterlife; rebirth omen; sign of destiny which may be in the form of:
upalabhitabba gati-nimitta -- direct indication of predestined afterlife
upabhoga gati-nimitta -- indication by alluding to the amenities (or horrors) associated with the destined afterlife

PTS p367
nimitta -- 1. sign, omen, portent, prognostication. 2. outward appearance, mark. characteristic, attribute, phenomenon (as opposed to essence)

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