Sadhyasadhana, Sādhyasādhana, Sadhya-sadhana: 8 definitions
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Sadhyasadhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: Pure Bhakti: Brhad BhagavatamrtamSādhyasādhana (साध्यसाधन) refers to:—The goal and the practice to attain it. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Sādhyasādhana (साध्यसाधन) refers to “that which is practicable and of the means to achieve it”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the importance of hawks]: “[...] To possess the knowledge of what is practicable and of the means to achieve it (sādhyasādhana), to discern what is easily attainable and what is not, to employ proper persons for proper works and dissuade them from doing what is improper, and such other qualities, which have been highly spoken of in politics [are considered also essential in the art of hawking]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysādhyasādhana (साध्यसाधन).—n S The attaining or the accomplishing of what is to be attained or accomplished.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySādhyasādhana (साध्यसाधन).—effecting what has to be done.
Derivable forms: sādhyasādhanam (साध्यसाधनम्).
Sādhyasādhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sādhya and sādhana (साधन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySādhyasādhana (साध्यसाधन).—n.
(-naṃ) Effecting what is to be or may be done, &c. E. sādhya, sādhana accomplishing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySādhyasādhana (साध्यसाधन).—n. effecting what is to be done, [Hitopadeśa] iv. [distich] 98.
Sādhyasādhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sādhya and sādhana (साधन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySādhyasādhana (साध्यसाधन):—[=sādhya-sādhana] [from sādhya > sādh] n. the means of establishing what is to be proved (e.g. a Hetu or reason), effecting what has to be done etc., [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySādhyasādhana (साध्यसाधन):—[sādhya-sādhana] (naṃ) 1. n. Effecting what is possible.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sadhya, Sadhana.
Starts with: Sadhyasadhanakaumudi, Sadhyasadhanakhanda.
Full-text: Sadhyasadhanakhanda, Sadhyasadhanakaumudi, Sadhya, Sambandha, Upamana, Prayojana.
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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 8 < [Chapter 2 - Dvitīya-yāma-sādhana (Prātaḥ-kālīya-bhajana)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.14.130 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
Verse 1.14.122 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
Verse 1.14.150 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.110 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.1.100 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 1.3.55-58 < [Chapter 3 - Prapañcātīta (beyond the Material Plane)]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 3.1 - Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya (Benedictory Verse) < [Chapter 3 - Introduction to the Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.2.14 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (2): Dravya-samuddeśa (On Substance)]
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
Dialectical terms (5): Reason (hetu) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]