in comp. for sat.
cl. 1. P., cl. 8. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xiii, 21]; [xxx, 2]) sánati, °te or sanóti, sanute (Ā. rare and only in non-conjugational tenses; pf. sasā́na, [RV.]; p. sasavás, [ib.] f. sasanúṣī, [Br.]; sasanivas or senivas Gr.; sene, [ib.]; aor. asāniṣam [Subj. saniṣat Ā. saniṣāsmahe, sániṣanta] [RV.]; Impv. sániṣantu, [SV.]; seṣam, set, [MaitrS.]; [Br.]; asāta Gr.; Prec. sanyāt, sāyāt, [ib.]; fut. sanitā, [ib.]; saniṣyáti, [RV.]; [Br.]; inf. sanitum Gr.), to gain, acquire, obtain as a gift, possess, enjoy, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; to gain for another, procure, bestow, give, distribute, [RV.]; (Ā.) to be successful, be granted or fulfilled, [ib.] : Pass. sanyate or sāyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43] : Caus. sānayati (aor. asīṣaṇat) Gr.: Desid. of Caus. sisānayiṣati, [ib.] : Desid. sisaniṣati (Gr.) or síṣāsati (? sīṣatī, [AV. iv, 38, 2]), to wish to acquire or obtain, [RV.]; [TS.]; [AV.]; to wish to procure or bestow, [RV.]; [AV.] : Intens. saṃsanyate, sāsāyate, saṃsanti (Gr.), to gain or acquire repeatedly (only 3. pl. saniṣṇata, [RV. i, 131, 5]).
in go-ṣán, q.v.
(in gram.) a technical term for the syllable sa or sign of the desiderative.
N. of an era (current in Bengal and reckoned from 593 A.D.), [RTL. 433].