As a Hindi name
साधिष्ठ · adj
अत्यंत समीचीन या उत्तम । उत्कृष्टतम · बहुत मजबूत । आडिग । कठोर — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
straightest (as a path)
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M3 · meaning shifts "sādhiṣṭha" is derived from "sādh" with the iṣṭhan 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).
sādhiṣṭha mfn. (superl. of sādhu) straightest (as a path), RV.
most effective (as a sacrifice), ib.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
sādhiṣṭha mfn. (superl. of sādhu) straightest (as a path), RV.
most effective (as a sacrifice), ib.
very fit, most proper or right, ChUp.
hardest, very hard or firm (= dṛdha-tama; in these senses regarded as irreg. superl. of bāḍha, Pāṇ. v, 3, 63), L.
sādhiṣṭha , sādhīyas. See p. 1201.
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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