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Results for साधिष्ठ

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

साधिष्ठsādhiṣṭhaa.Best, most excellent, most proper.
1. Best, most excellent, most proper.
2. Very strong, hard or firm (super. of साधु or बाढ quod vide, which see).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

साधिष्ठsādhiṣṭha[sấdh-ishtha] spv. (of sâdh-u) most efficient or excellent (V.); -îyas, cpv. (of sâdh-u) more correct…

[sấdh-ishtha] superlative (of sâdh-u) most efficient or excellent (Veda, Vedic); -îyas, comparative (of sâdh-u) more correct; pleasanter; extremely firm: neuter adverb, -ial, -ially more eagerly (Brâhmana); in a greater degree, excessively.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

साधिष्ठsādhiṣṭhamfn. (superl. of साधु) straightest (as a path) RV.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (superlative degree of साधु) straightest (as a path) fg-veda
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective most effective (as a sacrifice) ibidem
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective very fit, most proper or right ChUp.
4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective hardest, very hard or firm (Equivalent to दृध-तम; in these senses regarded as irreg. superlative degree of बाढ Pa1n2. 5-3, 63) Lexicographers
5. साधीयस् see page and participle1201.
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साधिष्ठानsādhiṣṭhānamfn. having a solid basis, possessing a firm foundation R.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a solid basis, possessing a firm foundation R.

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