sādhyá mfn. to be subdued or mastered or won or managed, conquerable, amenable MBh. R. &c

• to be summoned or conjured up L

• to be set to rights, to be treated or healed or cured Suśr. MBh. Kathās

• to be formed (grammatically) Vop

• to be cultivated or perfected Kāv

• to be accomplished or fulfilled or brought about or effected or attained, practicable, feasible, attainable Mn. MBh. &c

• being effected or brought about, taking place Kāś

• to be prepared or cooked Car

• to be inferred or concluded Sarvad. Bhāshāp. Kpr

• to be proved or demonstrated Ragh. Sāh

• to be found out by calculation VarBṛS. Gaṇit

• to be killed or destroyed MW

• relating to the Sādhyas ( See below) MBh. BhP

• m. (pl.) 'they that are to be propitiated', N. of a class of celestial beings (belonging to the gaṇa-devatā, q.v., sometimes mentioned in the Veda [see RV. x, 90, 16]

• in the ŚBr. their world is said to be above the sphere of the gods

• according to Yāska [Nir. xii, 41] their locality is the Bhuvarloka or middle region between the earth and sun

• in Mn. i, 22, the Sādhyas are described as created after the gods with natures exquisitely refined, and in iii, 195, as children of the Soma-sads, sons of Virāj

• in the Purāṇas they are sons of Sādhyā, and their number is variously twelve or seventeen

• in the later mythology they seem to be superseded by the Siddhas, See siddha

• and their names are Manas, Mantṛi, Prâṇa, Nara, Pāna, Vinirbhaya, Naya, Daṃsa, Nārāyaṇa, Vṛisha, Prabhu) RV. &c. &c

• the god of love L

• N. of a Vedic Ṛishi, IndSt

• of the 21st astronomical Yoga L

• (ā), f. N. of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma or Manu (regarded as the mother of the Sādhyas) Hariv. Pur

• (am), n. accomplishment, perfection W

• an object to be accomplished, thing to be proved or established, matter in debate ib

• (in logic) the major term in a syllogism ib

• silver L

• N. of a Sāman ArshBr

sādhyā́ ind. (for 1. See under sādhyá) = sādhuyā́ TS. TBr