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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
sādhanāसाधनाsā́dhanā (ā), f. accomplishment, performance (see mantra-s°)
propitiation, worship, adoration, [L.]
sādhanīसाधनीin comp. for sādhana.
sādhanaसाधनsā́dhana mf(I or A)n. leading straight to a goal, guiding well, furthering, [RV.]
effective, efficient, productive of (comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
procuring, [Kāv.]
conjuring up (a spirit), [Kathās.]
denoting, designating, expressive of (comp.), [Pāṇ.], Sch.
sā́dhana m. N. of the author of [RV. x, 157] (having the patr. bhauvana), [Anukr.]
sā́dhana (am), n. (ifc. f(A). ) the act of mastering, overpowering, subduing, [Kir.]; [Pañcat.]
sā́dhana n. subduing by charms, conjuring up, summoning (spirits &c.), [MBh.]; [Kathās.]
subduing a disease, healing, cure, [Suśr.]; [MBh.] &c.
enforcing payment or recovery (of a debt), [Daś.]
bringing about, carrying out, accomplishment, fulfilment, completion, perfection, [Nir.]; [MBh.] &c.
establishment of a truth, proof, argument, demonstration, [Yājñ.]; [Sāh.]; [Sarvad.]
reason or premiss (in a syllogism, leading to a conclusion), [Mudr. v, 10]
any means of effecting or accomplishing, any agent or instrument or implement or utensil or apparatus, an expedient, requisite for (gen. or comp.), [Mn.]; [R.] &c.
a means of summoning or conjuring up a spirit (or deity), [Kālac.]
means or materials of warfare, military forces, army or portion of an army (sg. and pl.), [Hariv.]; [Uttar.]; [Rājat.]
conflict, battle, [Śiś.]
means of correcting or punishing (as ‘a stick’, ‘rod’ &c.), [TBr.], Sch.
means of enjoyment, goods, commodities &c., [R.]
efficient cause or source (in general), [L.]
organ of generation (male or female), Sah.
(in gram.) the sense of the instrumental or agent (as expressed by the case of a noun, opp. to the action itself), [Pat.]
preparing, making ready, preparation (of food, poison &c.), [Kathās.]; [MārkP.]
obtaining, procuring, gain, acquisition, [Kāv.]; [BhP.]
finding out by calculation, computation, [Gaṇit.]
fruit, result, [Pañcat.]
the conjugational affix or suffix which is placed between the root and terminations (= vīharaṇa, q.v.), [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Vārtt. 1
(only [L.] ‘matter, material, substance, ingredient, drug, medicine; good works, penance, self-mortification, attainment of beatitude; conciliation, propitiation, worship; killing, destroying; killing metals, depriving them by oxydation &c. of their metallic properties [esp. said of mercury]; burning on a funeral pile, obsequies; setting out, proceeding, going; going quickly; going after, following’)
sādhantaसाधन्तm. a beggar, mendicant, [Uṇ. iii, 128], Sch.
sādhanīkṛसाधनीकृsādhanī—√ kṛ P. -karoti to employ as a means for (loc.), [Jātakam.]
sādhanīyaसाधनीयmfn. to be accomplished or performed, [MBh.]; [Ragh.]
to be formed (as words), [Uṇ. iii, 131], Sch.
to be acquired (as knowledge), [Kathās.]
to be proved (-tva n.), [Sarvad.]
sādhanakaसाधनक(ifc.) = sādhana, a means, expedient (e.g. paśu-s°, ‘[a sacrifice] offered by means of cattle’), [Śaṃk.] on [BṛĀrUp.]
sādhanatāसाधनताsādhana—tā f. the being a means of (comp. cf. bahu-s°), [Sarvad.]; [Bhāṣāp.]
sādhanārhaसाधनार्हmfn. worthy of being accomplished, [MW.]
sādhanatvaसाधनत्वsādhana—tva n. efficacy, [Sāh.]
= prec. [Sarvad.]
the being a proof or argument, [Kull.] on [Mn. viii, 56]
state of perfection, [MW.]
sādhanavatसाधनवत्sādhana—vat mfn. furnished with proof or evidence, [Sarvad.]
sādhanībhūtaसाधनीभूतsādhanī—bhūta mfn. becoming or being a means or expedient, [Jaim.], Sch.
sādhanabhāgaसाधनभागsādhana—bhāga See mahā-s°.
sādhanīyatvaसाधनीयत्वsādhanīya—tva n.
sādhanakriyāसाधनक्रियाsādhana—kriyā f. the act of performing &c.
an action connected with a Kāraka, [Pāṇ.]
a finite verb, [ib.]
a Kṛd-anta affix, [ib.]
sādhanakṣamaसाधनक्षमsādhana—kṣama mfn. admitting of proof or evidence, [Yājñ., Sch.]
sādhanarūpinसाधनरूपिन्sādhana—rūpin mfn. having the form or character of an instrument or expedient, [MW.]
sādhanādhyakṣaसाधनाध्यक्षm. superintendent of the military forces, [Pañcat.] (B.)
sādhanadīpikāसाधनदीपिकाsādhana—dīpikā f. N. of wk. on Bhakti by Nārāyaṇa-bhaṭṭa.
sādhanapattraसाधनपत्त्रsādhana—pattra n. any written document used as evidence or proof, [MW.]
sādhanasāgaraसाधनसागरsādhana—sāgara m. N. of wk.
sādhanāvyāpakaसाधनाव्यापकmfn. (in logic) not invariably inherent in the proof, [MW.]
sādhanīdvādaśīसाधनीद्वादशीsādhanī-dvādaśī f. N. of wk.
sādhananirdeśaसाधननिर्देशsādhana—nirdeśa m. production of proof (in law)
the statement of premisses leading to a conclusion, [W.]
sādhanapañcakaसाधनपञ्चकsādhana—pañcaka n. N. of five stanzas giving rules for the attainment of Praśānti or quietude.
sādhanapaddhatiसाधनपद्धतिsādhana—paddhati f. N. of wk. on the worship of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
sādhanasubodhinīसाधनसुबोधिनीsādhana—subodhinī f. N. of wk.
sādhanāvyāpakatāसाधनाव्यापकताsādhanāvyāpaka—tā f. non-invariable inherence in the proof, [ib.]
sādhanacatuṣṭayaसाधनचतुष्टयsādhana—catuṣṭaya n. (in phil.) four kinds of proof, [MW.]
sādhanamuktāvalīसाधनमुक्तावलीsādhana—muktāvalī f. N. of wk.
sādhanāvyāpakatvaसाधनाव्यापकत्वsādhanāvyāpaka—tva n. non-invariable inherence in the proof, [ib.]
sādhanamālātantraसाधनमालातन्त्रsādhana—mālā-tantra n. N. of wk.