Sidh, Shidh: 9 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sidh (सिध्).—I. 4 P. (sidhyati, siṣedha, asidhat, setsyati, seddhum, siddha; -Caus. sādhayati or sedhayati; desid. siṣitsati)

1) To be accomplished or fulfilled; यत्ने कृते यदि न सिध्यति कोऽत्र दोषः (yatne kṛte yadi na sidhyati ko'tra doṣaḥ) H.Pr.31; उद्यमेन हि सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः (udyamena hi sidhyanti kāryāṇi na manorathaiḥ) 36; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.158.

2) To be successful, succeed; सिध्यन्ति कर्मसु मह- त्स्वपि यन्नियोज्याः (sidhyanti karmasu maha- tsvapi yanniyojyāḥ) Ś.7.4.

3) To reach, hit, fall true on; उत्कर्षः स च धन्विनां यदिषवः सिध्यन्ति लक्ष्ये चले (utkarṣaḥ sa ca dhanvināṃ yadiṣavaḥ sidhyanti lakṣye cale) Ś.2.5.

4) To attain one's object.

5) To be proved or established, to become valid; यदि वचनमात्रेणैवाधिपत्यं सिध्यति (yadi vacanamātreṇaivādhipatyaṃ sidhyati) H.3.

6) To be settled or adjudicated.

7) To be thoroughly prepared or cooked.

8) To be won or conquered; न विश्वासं विना शत्रुर्देवानामपि सिध्यति (na viśvāsaṃ vinā śatrurdevānāmapi sidhyati) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.4. -II. 1 P. (sedhati, siddha; the s of sidh is generally changed to ṣ after a preposition ending in i or u)

1) To go.

2) To ward or drive off.

3) To restrain, hinder, prevent.

4) To interdict, prohibit.

5) To ordain, command, instruct.

6) To turn out well or auspiciously.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ṣidh (षिध्).—r. 1st cl. (sedhati) To go. (ū) ṣidhū r. 1st cl. (sedhati) 1. To command, to order. 2. To ordain, especially with respect to holy observances. 3. To do an auspicious act, or one indicating good fortune. 4. To drive off. 5. To restrain. 6. To interdict. 7. To instruct. With ap, To remove. With ni, 1. To remove. 2. To prohibit. 3. To ward off. With prati, To prevent. With viprati, To contradict. (u) ṣidhu r. 4th cl. (sidhyati) 1. To succeed, to effect fully or completely. 2. To complete a series of mystical observances by which supernatural powers are attained, to be an adept, to be initiated. 3. To be perfect, to be finished or accomplished. 4. To be right or correct. With ni or prati prefixed, (niṣedhati pratiṣedhati) To prevent, to prohibit. With pra, To be celebrated or notorious. With sam 1. To be accomplished. 2. To be made perfect. 3. To attain beatitude.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sidh (सिध्).— (i. e. probably so -dhā, cf. sādh), i. 4, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], Mahābhārata 3, 12025), 1. To be accomplished, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 2. 2. To reach, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 38 (with loc.). 3. To attain one’s aim, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 131. 4. To succeed, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 198, 3. 5. To be established, [Hitopadeśa] 84, 17; to be valid, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 74; 163. 6. Pass. To be concluded, Bhāṣāp. 77. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. siddha. 1. Accomplished, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 31, M.M. (prakṛti-, by nature, i. e. natural; n. true nature, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 42); effected, settled, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 424. 2. Succeeded, [Pañcatantra] 44, 10; successful, [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 77. 3. Liberated, emancipated. 4. Endowed with supernatural powers. 5. Prepared, compounded (in medicine). 6. Ready (as money), [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 92. 7. Cooked, dressed, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 84; [Pañcatantra] 116, 22. 8. Subdued, acquired, by magical power, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 3, 3; [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 18, 177; gained, [Pañcatantra] 250, 12. 9. Demonstrated, proved. 10. Judged, decided, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 10, 8. 11. Valid, deemed right, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 160, 5. 12. Celebrated, famous. 13. Shining, splendid. 14. Eternal. 15. Initiated in alchemy or magic, magical, [Pañcatantra] 241, 6. 16. Discharged, settled (as a debt). m. 1. A sort of demigod, [Pañcatantra] 242, 5. 2. A wise man, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 98. 3. An ascetic who has attained one or all of his purposes. 4. A magician, Panc. 242, 21. n. Sea salt. Comp. A-, adj. 1. unaccomplished. 2. imperfect. 3. unproven. 4. unripe. Anyathā-, adj. wrongly established, especially used of superfluous causes, Bhāṣāp. 20. Rasa-, I. adj. accomplished in poetry, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 21. Ii. m. an alchemist. A-vi-hita- (vb. dha), adj. not artificial, innate, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 154, 3. Saṃkalpa-, adj. endowed with supernatural powers by energy, Chr. 58, 4. Suvarṇa-, m. an adept who has acquired gold (by magical means), [Pañcatantra] 243, 1, sqq. [Causal.] sedhaya and sādhaya, see sādh.

— With the prep. pra pra, 1. To be acquired, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 237. 2. To succeed, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 3, 8. 3. To be known, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 12, 97. prasiddha, 1. Celebrated, famous, [Pañcatantra] 127, 20; [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 49, 17. 2. Known, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 193, 11. 3. Adorned.

— With sam sam, To attain beatitude, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 87. saṃsiddha, One who has attained beatitude, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 49, 9.

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Sidh (सिध्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], Mahābhārata 3, 15643), 1. To command. 2. To restrain, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 101, 1 = [Rigveda.] vii. 15, 10. 3. To ordain. 4. † To do an auspicious act. 5. † To go. siddha, see s.v. 1. sidh.

— With the prep. apa apa, To remove, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 198.

— With ni ni, ṣidh, 1. To remove, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 56. 2. To prohibit, Mahābhārata 1, 279. 3. To forbid, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 361; [Pañcatantra] 160, 25. [Causal.] To prohibit, [Pañcatantra] 160, 25.

— With prati prati, ṣidh, 1. To prevent, [Pañcatantra] 171, 25. 2. To restrain, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 206. 3. To forbid, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 361. [Causal.] 1. To restrain, Mahābhārata 1, 1594. 2. To keep off, Chr. 31, 9.

— With viprati vi-prati, vipratiṣiddha, Contradicted, containing contradiction, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 146, 7.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sidh (सिध्).—1. sedhati sedhate drive off, scare away.

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Sidh (सिध्).—2. sidhyati (sidhyate) [participle] siddha (q.v.) reach an aim, hit the mark; succeed, be fulfilled or accomplished; result, follow, be valid, boot, avail; submit to, obey ([genetive]); reach the highest aim, become perfect or blessed.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sidh (सिध्):—1. sidh [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] sedhati, to go, move, [Dhātupāṭha iii, 10; Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii, 14] ([according to] to [Pāṇini 7-3, 113] the s of this root is not changed to ṣ after prepositions; cf. abhiand pari-√sidh).

2) 2. sidh [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha iii, 11]) sedhati (in later language also te; [perfect tense] siṣedha, [Epic] also siṣidhe; [Aorist] asedhīt [grammar] also asaitsīt; [future] seddhā or sedhitā [grammar]; setsyati or sedhiṣyati, [Mahābhārata] etc.; [infinitive mood] seddhum, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; sedhitum [grammar]; [indeclinable participle] -sidhya, [Atharva-veda]),

2) —to drive off, scare away, repel, restrain, hinder, [Ṛg-veda; Kauśika-sūtra];

2) —to punish, chastise, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

2) —to ordain, instruct, [Dhātupāṭha];

2) —to turn out well or auspiciously, [ib.] :—[Passive voice] sidhyate ([Aorist] asedhi), to be driven or kept off or repelled, [Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Causal] sedhayati ([Aorist] asīṣidhat) [grammar]:—[Desiderative] of [Causal] siṣedhayiṣati, [ib.] :—[Desiderative] sisedhiṣati, sisidhiṣati, siṣitsati, [ib.] :—[Intensive] seṣidhyate, seṣeddhi ([present participle] -seṣidhat, [Ṛg-veda]), [ib.]

3) 3. sidh (weak form of √sādh) [class] 4. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxvi, 83]) sidhyati ([Epic] and mc. also te; pf: siṣedha, [Ṛg-veda i, 32, 13]; [Aorist] asidhat [grammar]; saitsīt, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]; Prec. sidhyāsam [grammar]; [future] seddhā, [ib.]; setsyati, te, [Mahābhārata] etc.; [infinitive mood] seddhum [grammar]; [indeclinable participle] sedhitvā, sidhitvā, or siddhvā, [ib.]),

—to be accomplished or fulfilled or effected or settled, be successful, succeed, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to hit a mark ([locative case]), [Śakuntalā];

—to attain one’s aim or object, have success, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to attain the highest object, become perfect, attain beatitude, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to be valid or admissible, hold good, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya];

—to be proved or demonstrated or established, result from, [Patañjali; Pañcatantra; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];

—to be set right, ([especially]) be healed or cured, [Suśruta; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to be well cooked, [Horace H. Wilson];

—to conform to a person’s will, yield to ([genitive case]), [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to fall to a person’s ([genitive case]) lot or share, [Prabodha-candrodaya];

—to come into existence, originate, arise, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :—[Causal] sedhayati ([Aorist] asīṣidhat) or sādhayati, to show the knowledge or skill (of any one, the former, ‘with reference to sacred things’, the latter, ‘to secular things’), [Patañjali on Pāṇini 6-1, 49] (sadh), to accomplish, effect, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary] :—[Desiderative] siṣitsati [grammar]:—[Intensive] seṣidhyate, seṣeddhi, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ṣidh (षिध्):—sedhati 1. a. To command, ordain, do an auspicious act; to go. (ya) sidhyati 4. a. To succeed; to complete; to be right. With ti or prati, to prevent, prohibit.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sidh (सिध्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sijjha.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sidh in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) alignment; straightness; —[bamdhana] to align; to take an aim; to dig marks symbolising commencement of a construction work; —[mem] in a straight line, aligned; —[lena] to make an alignment to take an aim..—sidh (सीध) is alternatively transliterated as Sīdha.

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