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sādh

(connected with √ 2. sidh) cl. 1. P. Ā. sā́dati, °te; accord. to [Dhātup. xxvi, 71] and [xxvii, 16], cl. 4. sādhyati, cl. 5. sādhnoti (in [JaimBr.] also sadhnoti; pf. sasādha; aor. asātsīt; fut. sāddhā, sātsyati; inf. sāddhum, in later language sādhitum; Ved. inf. sádhase, q.v.), to go straight to any goal or aim, attain an object, to be successful, succeed, prosper, [RV.]; to bring straight to an object or end, further, promote, advance, accomplish, complete, finish, [ib.]; to submit or agree to, obey, [ib.]; (sādhyati) to be completed or accomplished, [Dhātup.] : Caus. sādhayati (mc. also °te; aor. asīṣadhat; Ved. also sīṣadhati, °dhaḥ, °dhema, °dhātu; Pass. sādhyate, [MBh.] &c.), to straighten, make straight (a path), [RV.]; to guide straight or well, direct or bring to a goal, [ib.]; to master, subdue, overpower, conquer, win, win over, [RV.] &c. &c.; to summon, conjure up (a god or spirit), [Kathās.]; (in law) to enforce payment, recover (a debt), collect (taxes), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c.; to subdue a disease, set right, heal, cure, [Suśr.]; to bring to an end or conclusion, complete, make perfect, bring about, accomplish, effect, fulfil, execute, practice (with vākyam, ‘to execute any one's [gen.] order’; with naiṣkarmyam, ‘to practise inactivity’; with marum, ‘to practise abstinence’; with mantram, ‘to practise the recitation of spells’), [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to attain one's object, be successful, [MBh. iii, 1441]; to produce, make, render (two acc.), [Śak.]; [BhP.]; to establish a truth, substantiate, prove, demonstrate, [Tattvas.]; [Sarvad.]; to make ready, prepare, [MBh.]; to gain, obtain, acquire, procure, [ŚBr.] &c.; to find out (by calculation), [Gaṇit.]; to grant, bestow, yield, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to put or place in (loc.), [BhP.] ; to set out, proceed, go (in dram. accord. to [Sāh.] = √ gam), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Desid. of Caus. siṣādhayiṣati or sisādhayiṣati, to desire to establish or prove, [Sāh.]; [Sarvad.] : Desid. siṣātsati Gr.: Intens., sāsādhyate, sāsdidhi, [ib.]

(ifc.) accomplishing, performing (see yajña-sā́dh).