ā-√ sad P. -sīdati (Ved. also -sadati; Inf. -sádam and -sáde, [RV.]; pf. -sasāda; fut. -satsyati) Ā. (Ved. aor. 1. sg. -satsi and 3. sg. -sādi) to sit, sit down, sit near, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; to preside over, [RV. viii, 42, 1]; to lie in wait for, [RV. x, 85, 32]; to go to, go towards, approach; to meet with, reach, find; to encounter, attack; to commence, undertake, [AV.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Kum.]; [Ragh.] &c.: Caus. -sādayati, to cause to sit down; to set down, put down, place, [RV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [BhP.] &c.; to cause, effect, [BhP.]; to approach, meet with, find, reach, obtain, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Megh.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c.