saṃ-√ sad P. -sīdati (Ved. also °te and -sadati), to sit down together with (instr.) or upon (acc.), sit down, [RV.]; [VS.]; to sink down collapse, be discouraged or distressed, pine away (with kṣudhā, ‘to perish with hunger’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. -sādayati, to cause to sit down together, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; to meet, encounter (acc.), [BhP.]; to weigh down, afflict, distress, [R.]
saṃ-sád f. ‘sitting together’, an assembly meeting, congress, session, court of justice or of a king, [RV.] &c. &c.
(saṃsadām ayana n. a partic. ceremony or festival of 24 days, [ŚrS.])
a multitude number, [R.]
saṃ-sád mfn. one who sits together, one who sits at or takes part in a sacrifice, [MW.]