bāḍham

badh, badhya, even in Vedic texts sometimes = vadh, vadhya.

(bāḍham or vāḍham), ind. assuredly, certainly, indeed, really, by all means, so be it, yes (generally used as a particle of consent, affirmation or confirmation), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.

bādh cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. ii, 4 ) bādhate, ep. and mc. also P. ti ( pf. babādhe, RV. ; aor. bādhiṣṭa, ib. , bādhiṣṭām, TĀr. ; fut. bādhiṣyate, ti, MBh. &c., bādhitā Gr. ; inf. bādhe, RV. , bādhitum, MBh. ; ind.p. bādhitvā See s.v. , bādhya, RV. ), to press, force, drive away, repel, remove, RV. &c. &c.; (with varīyas) to force asunder, RV. x, 113, 5 ; to harass, pain, trouble, grieve, vex, RV. &c. &c.; to resist, oppose, check, stop, prevent, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to set aside (as a rule), annul, invalidate, Pāṇ. , Sch. ; Nīlak. &c.; to suffer annoyance or oppression, TS. : Pass. bādhyate, to be pressed &c.; to be acted upon, suffer, Pañcat. : Caus. bādhayati ( aor. ababādhat, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 2 ), to oppress, harass, attack, trouble, vex, R. ; Bhaṭṭ. : Desid. bibādhiṣate, to wish to remove or chase away, ĀpŚr. , Sch. ; bībhatsate, to feel an aversion for, loathe, shrink from ( abl. ), Br. ; ŚrS. &c. ( cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 6 ) Intens. bābadhe (see prabādh); badbodhe, to press hard, hem in, confine, RV. ; pr. p. badbadhāna, striking, knocking against ( acc. ), RV. vii, 69, 1 ; hemmed in, pent up, i, 52, 10 &c. [ Cf. √ vadh, also for kindred words.]