As a Hindi name
साधन · noun · masculine
किसी काम को सिद्ध करने की क्रिया । सिद्धि । विधान · वह जिसके द्वारा कोई उपाय सिद्ध हो । सामग्री । सामान । उपकरण । जैसे,—साधन के अभाव में मैं यह काम न कर सका · उपाय । युक्ति । हिकमत — Śabdasāgara
साधन · adj
पूरा करनेवाला · प्राप्त करनेवाला · प्रेतादि आत्माओं को बुलाने या वशीभूत करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
साधन · sādhan · s.m.
The act of accomplishing, effecting, performing; settling, fixing, determining, regulating; accomplishment, completion, performance, execution, observance, fulfilment; practice — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 623
साधन · masculine
means; medium; method; resources
Cited formation "साधन" is साध + -न: साध means "ambition, craving, longing", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "साधन" is साधना + -न: साधना means "to accomplish, acquire knowledge of", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi साधन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit साधन (sādhana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sādhana mf(ī or ā)n. leading straight to a goal, guiding well, furthering, RV.
effective, efficient, productive of (comp.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
any means of effecting or accomplishing, any agent or instrument or implement or utensil or apparatus, an expedient, requisite for (gen. or comp.), &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sādhana" is the vocative of "sādhanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sādhana mf(ī or ā)n. leading straight to a goal, guiding well, furthering, RV.
effective, efficient, productive of (comp.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
procuring, Kāv.
conjuring up (a spirit), Kathās.
denoting, designating, expressive of (comp.), Pāṇ., Sch.
sādhanā (ā), f. accomplishment, performance (see mantra-s˚)
propitiation, worship, adoration, L.
Alternative readings
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