As a Hindi name
साधक · masculine
aspirant, practitioner, seeker, devotee, ascetic; magician, sorcerer; means, instrument
Śabdasāgara also records: स्त्री॰ [सं॰] सिद्ध करनेवाली । जो सिद्ध करे
Cited formation "साधिका" is साधिक + -आ: साधिक means "साधना करनेवाला । साधनेवाला । सिद्ध करनेवाला", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "साधिका" is साधिक + -आ: साधिक means "साधना करनेवाला । साधनेवाला । सिद्ध करनेवाला", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi साधक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit साधक (sādhaka).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sādhaka mf(ikā)n. effective, efficient, productive of (gen. or comp.), accomplishing, fulfilling, completing, perfecting, finishing, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
energizing (said of the fire supposed to burn within the heart and direct the faculty of volition), Suśr.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
very deep or profound sleep (= su-ṣupti)
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M1 · same meaning "sādhikā" is the feminine form of "sādhika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "sādhika" is derived from "sādh" with the ṭhak suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. sādh (connected with √ 2. sidh) cl. 1. P. Ā. sādati, ˚te; accord. to Dhātup. xxvi, 71 and xxvii, 16, cl. 4. sādhyati, cl. 5. sādhnoti (in JaimBr. also sadhnoti; pf. sasādha; aor. asātsīt; fut. sāddhā, sātsyati; inf. sāddhum, in later language sādhitum; Ved. inf. sadhase, q.v.), to go straight to any goal or aim, attain an object, to be successful, succeed, prosper, RV.; to bring straight to an object or end, further, promote, advance, accomplish, complete, finish, ib.; to submit or agree to, obey, ib.; (sādhyati) to be completed or accomplished, Dhātup. : Caus. sādhayati (mc. also ˚te; aor. asīṣadhat; Ved. also sīṣadhati, ˚dhaḥ, ˚dhema, ˚dhātu; Pass. sādhyate, MBh. &c.), to straighten, make straight (a path), RV.; to guide straight or well, direct or bring to a goal, ib.; to master, subdue, overpower, conquer, win, win over, RV. &c. &c.; to summon, conjure up (a god or spirit), Kathās.; (in law) to enforce payment, recover (a debt), collect (taxes), Mn.; Yājñ. &c.; to subdue a disease, set right, heal, cure, Suśr.; to bring to an end or conclusion, complete, make perfect, bring about, accomplish, effect, fulfil, execute, practice (with vākyam, ‘to execute any one's [gen.] order’; with naiṣkarmyam, ‘to practise inactivity’; with marum, ‘to pr˚ abstinence’; with mantram, ‘to pr˚ the recitation of spells’), GṛŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to attain one's object, be successful, MBh. iii, 1441; to produce, make, render (two acc.), Śak.; BhP.; to establish a truth, substantiate, prove, demonstrate, Tattvas.; Sarvad.; to make ready, prepare, MBh.; to gain, obtain, acquire, procure, ŚBr. &c.; to find out (by calculation), Gaṇit.; to grant, bestow, yield, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to put or place in (loc.), BhP. ; to set out, proceed, go (in dram. accord. to Sāh. = √ gam), MBh.; Kāv. &c.: Desid. of Caus. siṣādhayiṣati or sisādhayiṣati, to desire to establish or prove, Sāh.; Sarvad. : Desid. siṣātsati Gr.: Intens., sāsādhyate, sāsāddhi, ib.
2. sādh (ifc.) accomplishing, performing (see yajña-sādh).
sādhika mf(ā)n. (for sādhikā See sādaka, p. 1201, col. 1) having excess or a surplus, excessive, increased, more than full or complete, Gobh.; Pur.; Divyāv.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
sādhikā (okā), f. very deep or profound sleep (= su-ṣupti), L.
a skilful or efficient woman, MW.
sādhikā 1 A skilful or accomplished woman. 2 Deep sleep.
sādhikā f. (-kā) Deep or sound sleep. E. sādha to finish, aff. vun, fem. form.
sādhika mf(ā)n. (for sādhikā See sādaka, p. 1201, col. 1) having excess or a surplus, excessive, increased, more than full or complete, Gobh.; Pur.; Divyāv.
1. sādh (connected with √ 2. sidh) cl. 1. P. Ā. sādati, ˚te; accord. to Dhātup. xxvi, 71 and xxvii, 16, cl. 4. sādhyati, cl. 5. sādhnoti (in JaimBr. also sadhnoti; pf. sasādha; aor. asātsīt; fut. sāddhā, sātsyati; inf. sāddhum, in later language sādhitum; Ved. inf. sadhase, q.v.), to go straight to any goal or aim, attain an object, to be successful, succeed, prosper, RV.; to bring straight to an object or end, further, promote, advance, accomplish, complete, finish, ib.; to submit or agree to, obey, ib.; (sādhyati) to be completed or accomplished, Dhātup. : Caus. sādhayati (mc. also ˚te; aor. asīṣadhat; Ved. also sīṣadhati, ˚dhaḥ, ˚dhema, ˚dhātu; Pass. sādhyate, MBh. &c.), to straighten, make straight (a path), RV.; to guide straight or well, direct or bring to a goal, ib.; to master, subdue, overpower, conquer, win, win over, RV. &c. &c.; to summon, conjure up (a god or spirit), Kathās.; (in law) to enforce payment, recover (a debt), collect (taxes), Mn.; Yājñ. &c.; to subdue a disease, set right, heal, cure, Suśr.; to bring to an end or conclusion, complete, make perfect, bring about, accomplish, effect, fulfil, execute, practice (with vākyam, ‘to execute any one's [gen.] order’; with naiṣkarmyam, ‘to practise inactivity’; with marum, ‘to pr˚ abstinence’; with mantram, ‘to pr˚ the recitation of spells’), GṛŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to attain one's object, be successful, MBh. iii, 1441; to produce, make, render (two acc.), Śak.; BhP.; to establish a truth, substantiate, prove, demonstrate, Tattvas.; Sarvad.; to make ready, prepare, MBh.; to gain, obtain, acquire, procure, ŚBr. &c.; to find out (by calculation), Gaṇit.; to grant, bestow, yield, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to put or place in (loc.), BhP. ; to set out, proceed, go (in dram. accord. to Sāh. = √ gam), MBh.; Kāv. &c.: Desid. of Caus. siṣādhayiṣati or sisādhayiṣati, to desire to establish or prove, Sāh.; Sarvad. : Desid. siṣātsati Gr.: Intens., sāsādhyate, sāsāddhi, ib.
2. sādh (ifc.) accomplishing, performing (see yajña-sādh).
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