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sādhu

sādhú mf(vI/)n. straight, right, [RV.]; [AV.]; [BhP.]

leading straight to a goal, hitting the mark, unerring (as an arrow or thunderbolt), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]

straightened, not entangled (as threads), [Kauś.]

well-disposed, kind, willing, obedient, [RV.]; [R.]

successful, effective, efficient (as a hymn or prayer), [RV.]; [Kām.]

ready, prepared (as Soma), [RV.]; [AitBr.]

peaceful, secure, [RV.]

powerful, excellent, good for (loc.) or towards (loc. gen., dat. acc., with prati, anu, abhi, pari, or comp.), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.

fit, proper, right, [VarBṛS.]

good, virtuous, honourable, righteous, [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

well-born, noble, of honourable or respectable descent, [W.]

correct, pure

classical (as language), [ib.]

sādhú m. a good or virtuous or honest man, [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

a holy man, saint, sage, seer, [Kālid.]

(with Jainas) a Jina or deified saint, [W.]

a jeweller, [Hit.]

a merchant, money-lender, usurer, [L.]

(in gram. accord. to some) a derivative or inflected noun

sādhú n. the good or right or honest, a good &c. thing or act (sādhv asti with dat., ‘it is well with —’; sādhu-√ man with acc., ‘to consider a thing good, approve’), [RV.] &c. &c.

gentleness, kindness, benevolence, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.

sādhú (ú), ind. straight, aright, regularly, [RV.]; [AV.]

well, rightly, skilfully, properly, agreeably (with √ vṛt and loc., ‘to behave well towards’ [once sā́dhu, in [RV. viii, 32, 10]]; with √ kṛ, ‘to set right’; with √ ās, ‘to be well or at ease’), [RV.] &c. &c.

good! well done! bravo! [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.

well, greatly, in a high degree, [R.]; [Kām.]; [BhP.]

well, enough of, away with (instr.) ! [MBh.]; [Pañcat.]

well come on! (with Impv. or 1. pr.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

assuredly, indeed, [R.]; [Kām.]

&c. See p. 1201, col. 2.