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साधु mfn. amf(वी॑)n. straight, right, [RV.] ; [AV.] ; [BhP.]
leading straight to a goal, hitting the mark, unerring (as an arrow or thunderbolt), [RV.] ; [ŚBr.]
straightened, not entangled (as threads), [Kauś.]
well-disposed, kind, willing, obedient, [RV.] ; [R.]
successful, effective, efficient (as a hymn or prayer), [RV.] ; [Kām.]
ready, prepared (as सोम), [RV.] ; [AitBr.]
peaceful, secure, [RV.]
प्रति powerful, excellent, good for (loc. ) or towards (loc. gen. , dat. acc. , with , अनु, अभि, परि, or comp. ), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
fit, proper, right, [VarBṛS.]
good, virtuous, honourable, righteous, [ŚBr.] ; [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c.
well-born, noble, of honourable or respectable descent, [W.]
correct, pure
classical (as language), ib.
साधु m. m. a good or virtuous or honest man, [ŚBr.] ; [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c.
a holy man, saint, sage, seer, [Kālid.]
(with जैनs) a जिन or deified saint, [W.]
a jeweller, [Hit.]
a merchant, money-lender, usurer, [L.]
(in gram. accord. to some) a derivative or inflected noun
साधु n. n. the good or right or honest, a good &c. thing or act (साध्व् अस्ति with dat. , ‘it is well with —’; साधु-√ मन् with acc. , ‘to consider a thing good, approve’), [RV.] &c. &c.
gentleness, kindness, benevolence, [ŚBr.] ; [MBh.] &c.
साधु n. ind. straight, aright, regularly, [RV.] ; [AV.]
वृत् well, rightly, skilfully, properly, agreeably (with √ and loc. , ‘to behave well towards’ [once सा॑धु, in [RV. viii, 32, 10] ]; with √ कृ, ‘to set right’; with √ आस्, ‘to be well or at ease’), [RV.] &c. &c.
good! well done! bravo! [ŚBr.] ; [MBh.] &c.
well, greatly, in a high degree, [R.] ; [Kām.] ; [BhP.]
well, enough of, away with (instr. ) ! [MBh.] ; [Pañcat.]
well come on! (with Impv. or 1. pr. ), [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.
assuredly, indeed, [R.] ; [Kām.]
साधु b &c. See p. 1201, col. 2.
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