Sadhishtha, Sādhiṣṭha: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Sādhiṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Sadhistha or Sadhishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sādhiṣṭha (साधिष्ठ).—a.

1) Best, most excellent, most proper.

2) Very strong, hard or firm (super. of sādhu or bāḍha q. v.).

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

Sādhiṣṭha (साधिष्ठ).—mfn.

(-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) 1. Very hard. 2. Very fit, proper, or right. E. sādhu good, or considered as irregularly substituted for vāḍha heavy, iṣṭhan aff. of the irr. superlative; also with īyasuna aff. sādhīyas .

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

Sādhiṣṭha (साधिष्ठ).—sādhīyaṃs sādhiyaṃs, see vāḍha and the next.

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

Sādhiṣṭha (साधिष्ठ).—[superlative] & compar. to seq.

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

1) Sādhiṣṭha (साधिष्ठ):—[from sādh] a mfn. (superl. of sādhu) straightest (as a path), [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] most effective (as a sacrifice), [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] very fit, most proper or right, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]

4) [v.s. ...] hardest, very hard or firm (= dṛdha-tama; in these senses regarded as irreg. [superlative degree] of bāḍha, [Pāṇini 5-3, 63]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) b sādhīyas See p.1201.

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

Sādhiṣṭha (साधिष्ठ):—[(ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) a.] Very hard; very fit or proper.

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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.

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