śādhi

śaḍhī f. ( cf. śaṭi) a kind of plant, L.

sadhī (sa), mfn. endowed with reason or intellect, ŚBr.

sadhi m. (said to be fr. √ sadh = sah) fire, L.

1. sādh (connected with √ 2. sidh) cl. 1. P. Ā. sādati, 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. sadhase, 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 pr˚ abstinence’; with mantram, ‘to pr˚ 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, sāsāddhi, ib.

2. sādh ( ifc. ) accomplishing, performing (see yajñasādh).