sādhana साधन – means; practice; discipline

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sā́dhana ·f. ī & ā leading to the aim, effecting, producing, procuring (gen. or --°); effective, capable. -- n. subduing, mastering, accomplishing, effecting; getting, acquiring, recovering (debts); proving, evincing, argument, evidence; means, expedient, requisite; military force; result, consequence. Abstr. °tāÅ f., °tvaÅ n.

Original text · English · adjective

Sādhana, as, ī, am, effecting; a perfecter; (as), m., N. of the author of Ṛg-veda X. 157; (am), n. the act of accomplishing, effecting, performing; settling; accomplishment, completion, complete attainment of any object; a means of accomplishing or effecting, means of obtaining, means or expedient (in general); efficient cause, source, cause (in general); an instru- ment, agent; the instrumental case (in grammar); a bodily organ; the penis; an udder; an implement, utensil, apparatus; matter, materials, ingredient, sub- stance; a medicinal preparation, drug, medicine; a component part of an army, any military apparatus, force, army; aid, assistance, an assistant; substanti- ation, proof, establishment of the truth, demonstra- tion; a reason or premise leading to a conclusion, middle term or Hetu in a syllogism (= vyāpya, q. v.); accomplishing anything by magic or incanta- tions, magic; enforcement of payment or settlement (of a debt), compelling the delivery of anything, infliction of a fine (in law); good works, penance, self-mortification, the observance of moral and cere- monial duties, attainment of beatitude; wealth; advantage, profit; friendship; the act of subduing, overcoming; subduing by charms, stupefying, fasci- nating; conciliating, propitiating, worshipping; kill- ing, destroying; killing metals, depriving them by oxydation &c. of their metallic properties (especially said of mercury); burning on the funeral pile, ob- sequies; setting out, proceeding, going; going quickly; going after, following.

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

sā́dhana (vom caus. von 1. sādh) 1〉 adj. (f. ā und ī) a〉 richtig leitend, zum Ziel führend: ya̱jñasyà ṚV. 1,44,11. ṚV. 3,27,2. ṚV. 3,27,8. ṚV. 8,6,3. ṚV. 8,23,9. vi̱dathàsya ṚV. 3,3,3. ma̱tī̱nām ṚV. 10,26,4. a̱yaṃ dakṣā̀ya̱ sādhànaḥ su̱taḥ ṚV. 9,105,3. ṚV. 9,62,9. — b〉 zu Wege bringend, hervorbringend, bewirkend: śabdarūpasya MBH. 3,14195. devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ mānavānāṃ ca MBH. 7,2864. MĀRK. P. 99,27. saṃkalpa˚ HARIV. 1361 (nach der Lesart der neueren Ausg.). satya˚ so v. a. wahrmachend HARIV. 12044. vikrama˚ R. 3,33,15. tatsādhanaṃ karma MUIR, ST. 1,140. śatasahasraṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ dhyānasādhanam so v. a. obliegend Verz. d. Oxf. H. 53,a,9. ohne Object wirkend: pradīpavatsādhanā vṛttiḥ GAUḌAP._zu_SĀṂKHYAK. 13. vermögend: devāḥ NIR. 12,41. ein Mann R. 5,88,4. devāśca munayaścaiva liṅginaḥ sādhanāśca ye . bhagavanniti te vācyāḥ BHARATA beim Schol. zu ŚĀK. 52,3. — c〉 verschaffend: lokadvayasādhanī Spr. (II) 5468. — d〉 herbeirufend, citirend (einen Geist): vetālasādhanaṃ mantram KATHĀS. 75,16. KATHĀS. 121,10. — e〉 bezeichnend, ausdrückend: bhāva˚, karma˚ KAIYY._zu_P. 1,3,11_bei_GOLD. MĀN. 48. — 2〉 m. saṃjñāyām gaṇa nandyādi zu P. 3,1,134. N. pr. eines Mannes mit dem patron. Bhauvana, Liedverfassers von ṚV. 10,157. — 3〉 f. ā nom. act. in mantra˚ = ˚sādhana KATHĀS. 49,167. — 4〉 n. a〉 das in — seine — Gewalt — Bringen, Bewältigen, Besiegen: pratikāya˚ (= pratipakṣavadha Comm.) KIR. 14,17. ripu˚ PAÑCAT. 59,10. das sich zu-Willen-Machen, Citiren (einer Gottheit, eines Geistes, eines Zaubers) MBH. 3,14352 (?). vetāla˚ KATHĀS. 26,235. KATHĀS. 28,163. KATHĀS. 55,208. KATHĀS. 73,261. śākinī˚ PAÑCAT. 241,2. vidyākhaḍgamālādi˚ KATHĀS. 24,17. vimāna˚ KATHĀS. 44,36. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 88,a,16. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 93,a,5. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 93,b,32. — b〉 das Ausführen, zu-Wege-Bringen, Vollführen NIR. 12,40. upāyāścāsya sādhane MBH. 14,595. sādhanopāyāḥ KĀM. NĪTIS. 11,56. karmaṇa; R. 5,65,7. daṇḍasya KĀM. NĪTIS. 13,44. artha˚ SUŚR. 1,12,20. Spr. (II) 1685. RAGH. 4,16. kārya˚ R. 4,42,9. Spr. (II) 7603. karma˚ SUŚR. 1,123,8. sādhya˚ Spr. (II) 5285. dharmādi˚ Spr. (II) 1518. dharmādharma˚ WINDISCHMANN, Sancara 97. abhiprārthitamanoratha˚ SUŚR. 1,78,10. ājñā˚ KATHĀS. 107,134. das Bereiten: amṛta˚ KATHĀS. 41,19. annasādhanaiḥ MĀRK. P. 19,3. MĀRK. P. 21,75. viṣopaviṣa˚ Verz. d. B. H. No. 967. — c〉 Heilung: arśasāṃ sādhanopāyaḥ SUŚR. 2,46,11. MBH. 3,14508. fg. — d〉 das Herbeischaffen: oṣadhi˚ KATHĀS. 46,196. fg. dravya˚ BHĀG. P. 10,75,4. — e〉 das Erlangen, Gewinnen: arthasya BHĀG. P. 11,23,17. mantravaryayoḥ PAÑCAR. 3,7,1. koṭi˚ Spr. (II) 5700. paraloka˚ Spr. (II) 2270. — f〉 das Eintreiben (einer Schuld): arthasya DAŚAK. 61,13. artha˚ DAŚAK. 69,18. — g〉 Mittel, Werkzeug, Requisit (die Ergänzung im gen. oder im comp. vorangehend) M. 12,99. R. 1,66,23. R. 5,72,3. RAGH. 4,36. RAGH. 8,44. sarvaṃ hi sādhanamidaṃ kusumāyudhasya ṚT. 6,33. Spr. (II) 6887. KATHĀS. 57,146. MADHUS._in_Ind. St. 1,20,4. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 9. BHĀG. P. 3,28 in der Unterschr. BHĀG. P. 8,11,9. Comm. zu TS. PRĀT. 22,3. TS. PRĀT. 22,9. TS. PRĀT. 22,10. WILSON, Sel. Works 1,164 (bei den Jaina, duties WILSON). tapasteṣāṃ hi sādhanam M. 11,237. MBH. 14,731. dharmastvasyāḥ susādhanam HARIV. 2898. dharmārthamokṣāṇāṃ śarīraṃ sādhanam ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,5,32. śarīraṃ dharmasādhanam KĀM. NĪTIS. 6,4. KAP. 1,7. RAGH. 1,19. RAGH. 1,82. RAGH. 5,9. RAGH. 10,2. RAGH. 13,50. KUMĀRAS. 5,33. KUMĀRAS. 5,52. KUMĀRAS. 5,64. Spr. (II) 822. Spr. (II) 3735. Spr. (II) 4538. Z. d. d. m. G. 27,38. KATHĀS. 15,50. SĀH. D. 2,13. PAÑCAR. 3,7,1. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 6. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 7. Comm. zu NAIṢ. 22,49. NAIṢ. 22,53. am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) KUMĀRAS. 5,22. hīna˚ Spr. (II) 500. a˚ Spr. (II) 772. MBH. 5,1766. sa˚ ebend. trisādhanā śaktiḥ RAGH. 3,13. — h〉 Streitmittel, Streitkräfte HARIV. 5136. UTTARAR. 30,2 (39,12). dṛptārivijaye rājansādhanaṃ sumahattava SĀH. D. 212,19. kṛśa˚ adj. HARIV. 5261. saṃbhṛta˚ adj. RĀJA-TAR. 4,377. sa˚ adj. KĀM. NĪTIS. 4,77. aśva˚ adj. RAGH. 4,62. RAGH. 4,71. gaja˚ RAGH. 4,40. KATHĀS. 38,4. ein Mittel eine Gottheit u. s. w. zu citiren: viśvabhartuḥ, vajriṇaḥ KĀLACAKRA 4,1. — i〉 Correctionsmittel euphem. für Prügel, Knüttel Comm. zu TBR. 3,577,17. — k〉 Genussmittel, Bequemlichkeiten R. GORR. 2,33,20. — l〉 Zeugungsglied TRIK. H. an. MED. (s. welter unten). auf diese Bed. wird angespielt SĀH. D. 213,1. — m〉 in der Gramm. α〉 Nominalbegriff (im Gegens. zur Thätigkeit), insbes. als Subject oder Instrumental Schol. zu P. 3,1,24. PAT._in_SIDDH. K._zu_P. 8,3,74. Vārtt. 2 zu P. 2,1,33. Vārtt. 5 zu P. 5,3,55. das Object ist gemeint P. 8,1,44, Schol. — β〉 = vikaraṇa ein zwischen Wurzel und Personalendung tretendes stammbildendes Suffix P. 8,4,30, Vārtt. 1. — n〉 Berechnung, Ausmittelung durch Berechnung GAṆIT. PĀTĀDH. 1. das Beweisen, Darthun SĀH. D. 447. SĀH. D. 711. SARVADARŚANAS. 129,20. Beweismittel, Beweis SARVADARŚANAS. 5,6. SARVADARŚANAS. 5,8. SARVADARŚANAS. 7,11. fg. SARVADARŚANAS. 8,12. SARVADARŚANAS. 17,16. SARVADARŚANAS. 74,7. YĀJÑ. 2,7. KAP. 1,139. TARKAS. 45. KULL._zu_M. 8,56. — o〉 Erfolg, Ergebniss: vaira˚ PAÑCAT. 81,24. PAÑCAT. 86,24. — Die Lexicographen geben für sādhana n. folgende Bedd. an: ārāghana AK. 3,4,18,128. māraṇa, mṛtasaṃskāra, gati, dravya, arthadāpana, nivartana, upakaraṇa, anuvrajyā AK. 122. śepha TRIK. 2,6,23. vyāpya TRIK. 3,2,1. TRIK. 3,2,11. siddha, meḍhra TRIK. 3,267. siddhi, sainya, upāya, anugama, meḍhra, nivṛtti, kāraka, vadha, dāpana, mṛtasaṃskāra, pramāṇa, gamana, dhana H. an. 3,433. fg. mṛtasaṃskāra, sainya, siddhauṣadhi, gati, nirvartana, upāya, meḍhra, dāpana, anugama, dhana MED. n. 153. fg. upakaraṇa, karaṇa, draviṇa, liṅga, yātanā, senāṅga, saṃsiddhi HALĀY. 5,80. maitra, udhas (sic) DHARAṆI_im_ŚKDR. mohana, java AJAYA ebend. — Vgl. artha˚, gaya˚, jīva˚, dakṣa˚, naya˚, paśu˚, bhāra˚, bhūta˚, mantra˚ (auch KATHĀS. 22,9. KATHĀS. 49,168. ˚sādhanā KATHĀS. 167), manma˚, mūla˚, mokṣa˚, yajña˚, śabda˚, sarva˚, sarvamaṇḍala˚, sarvaliṅga˚, sarvārtha˚, svārtha˚.

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

sā́dhana — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) und ā — a〉 richtig leitend, zum Ziel führend. — b〉 zu Wege bringend, hervorbringend, bewirkend. Ohne Object wirkend, vermögend. — c〉 obliegend. — d〉 verschaffend. — e〉 herbeirufend, citirend (einen Geist). — f〉 bezeichnend, ausdrückend. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Liedverfassers. — 3〉 f. sādhanā Zauberei Ind. St. 14,314. Vgl. mantra˚. — 4〉 n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 das in seine Gewalt Bringen, Bewältigen. — b〉 das sich zu Willen Machen, Citiren (einer Gottheit, eines Geistes, eines Zaubers). — c〉 das Ausführen, zu Wege Bringen, Vollführen, Bereiten. — d〉 das Heilen, Heilung. — e〉 das Herbeischaffen. — f〉 das Erlangen, Gewinnen. — g〉 das Eintreiben (einer Schuld). — h〉 Berechnung, Ausmittelung durch Berechnung. — i〉 das Darthun, Beweisen Chr. 284,4. Chr. 284,6. — k〉 Mittel, Werkzeug, Erforderniss, Requisit, — zu (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend). — l〉 ein Mittel eine Gottheit u. s. w. zu citiren. — m〉 Streitmittel, Streitkräfte. Sg. und Pl. HARṢAC. 165,23. 194,19. — n〉 Kampf ŚIŚ. 19,46. — o〉 Correctionsmittel, euphemistisch für Prügel, Knüppel. — p〉 Genussmittel, Bequemlichkeiten. — q〉 Beweismittel, Beweis Chr. 215,21. — r〉 Zeugungsglied. Auch vulva SĀH. D. 237,9. — s〉 Erfolg, Ergebniss. — t〉 in der Grammatik — α〉 Nominalbegriff (im Gegensatz zur Thätigkeit), insbes. als Subject Instrumental. — β〉 = vikaraṇa ein zwischen Wurzel und Personalendung tretendes stammbildendes Suffix.

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

sādhana a. (nī f.) [sādh ṇic lyu lyud vā] Accomplishing, effecting &c. — naṃ 1 Accomplishing, effecting, performing; as in svārthasādhanaṃ. 2 Fulfilment, accomplishment, complete attainment of an object; prajārthasādhane tau hi paryāyodyatakārmukau R. 4. 16. 3 A means, an expedient, a means of accomplishing anything; śarīramādyaṃ khalu dharmasādhanaṃ Ku. 5. 33, Ku. 5. 52; R. 1. 19. R. 4. 36, R. 4. 62. 4 An instrument, agent; kuṭhāraḥ chidikriyāsādhanam. 5 The efficient cause, source, cause in general. 6 The instrumental case. 7 Implement, apparatus. 8 Appliance, materials. 9 Matter, ingredients, substance. 10 An army or a part thereof; Mu. 5. 10. 11 Aid, help, assistance (in general). 12 Proof, substantiation, demonstration. 13 The hetu or middle term in a syllogism, reason, that which leads to a conclusion; sādhye niścitamanvayena ghaṭitaṃ bibhratsapakṣe sthitiṃ vyāvṛttaṃ ca vipakṣato bhavati yattatsādhanaṃ siddhaye Mu. 5. 10. 14 Subduing, overcoming. 15 Subduing by charms. 16 Accomplishing anything by charms or magic. 17 Healing, curing. 18 Killing, destroying; phalaṃ ca tasya pratisādhanaṃ Ki. 14. 17. 19 Conciliating, propitiating, winning over. 20 Going out, setting forward, departure. 21 Going after, following. 22 Penance, self-mortification. 23 Attainment of final beatitude. 24 A medicinal preparation, drug, medicine. 25 (In law) Enforcement of the delivery of anything, or of the payment of debt, infliction of fine. 26 A bodily organ. 27 The penis. 28 An udder. 29 Wealth. 30 Friendship. 31 Profit, advantage. 32 Burning a dead body. 33 Obsequies. 34 Killing or oxydation of metals. Comp. arha a. worthy of being proved or accomplished. — kriyā 1 a finite verb. 2 an action connected with a Kāraka. — patraṃ a document used as evidence.

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sā́dhana, f. ī u. ā zum Ziele führend, her- vorbringend, verschaffend, bewirkend (Gen. o. —˚) n. Vollendung. Ausführung, Bewältigung, Gewinnung, Eintreibung (einer Schuld), Beweis, Mittel, Werkzeug, Erfordernis, Requisit.

Original text · French · substantive neuter

sādhana n. exécution, accomplissement, achèvement; destruction. Matière dont on fait une ch.; matériaux, substance. Moyen d'exécution; richesse; armée; organe viril; médicament; autorité, pouvoir; œuvre pie; prémisses, t. de logiq.; preuve. Amitié. Cause.