gāthā : [f.] deep. (m.), depth; a safe stand; foothold.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Gāthā (f.) [Vedic gāthā, on dern see gāyate] a verse, stanza, line of poetry, usually referring to an Anuṭṭhubbaŋ or a Tuṭṭhubbaŋ, & called a catuppādā gāthā, a stanza (śloka) of four half -- lines A ii.178; J iv.395. Def. as akkhara -- padaniya -- mita -- ganthita -- vacanaŋ at KhA 117. For a riddle on the word see S i.38. As a style of composition it is one of the nine Angas or divisions of the Canon (see navanga Satthu sāsana). Pl. gāthā Sn 429; J ii.160; gāthāyo Vin i.5, 349; D ii.157. gāthāya ajjhābhāsati to address with a verse Vin i.36, 38; Kh v. intr. -- gāthāhi anumodati to thank with (these) lines Vin i.222, 230, 246, 294, etc. -- gāthāyo gīyamāna uttering the lines Vin i.38. -- anantaragāthā the foll. stanza J iv.142; Sn 251; J i.280; Dh 102 (˚sataŋ).
   -- abhigīta gained by verses S i.167=Sn 81, 480 (gāthāyo bhāsitvā laddhaŋ Com. cp. Ger. "ersungen"). -- âvasāne after the stanza has been ended DhA iii.171; -- jānanaka one who knows verses Anvs. p. 35; -- dvaya (nt.) a pair of stanzas J iii.395 sq.; PvA 29, 40; -- pada a half line of a gāthā Dh 101; KhA 123; -- sukhattaŋ in order to have a well -- sounding line, metri causā, PvA 33.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

gāthā: f. 偈

巴漢辭典 編者：(斗六) 廖文燦

gāthā: A stanza.

Sarvastivada Abhidharma, Sanskrit-English Glossary, by Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti

【梵】gāthā
【滿】irgebun
【蒙】silüg
【漢】偈

Pentaglot Dictionary of Buddhist Terms

【梵】gāthā
【滿】irgebun i aimak
【蒙】silüglegsen u aiimag
【漢】孤起頌

Pentaglot Dictionary of Buddhist Terms

gāthā f. of ○thá, q.v
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William