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Sadhaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Sādhaka (साधक):—(vom caus. von 1. sādh)

1) adj. (f. sādhikā) a) zu Wege bringend, bewirkend: kāryasyaitasya [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 45, 14.] [Sāhityadarpana 739.] apavargasya [Spr. (II) 3046.] dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ vārttāyāścaiva [MUIR, Stenzler.1,32.] [Oxforder Handschriften 216,b,25.] in comp. mit seiner Ergänzung: anya [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 11, 34.] saṃbhārānyajñasādhakān [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 11, 3.] nakṣatra [Mahābhārata 13, 1151.] saṃkalpa [Harivaṃśa 1361] (sādhakaṃ zu lesen). sarveṣṭa [Oxforder Handschriften 99], b, 40. kārya [Mahābhārata 3, 11306.] [Spr. (II) 648. 4425, v. l. 7401.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 8, 63.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 19, 30.] arthaṃ [Mahābhārata 1, 4785.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 1, 16. 6, 70, 36.] [Suśruta 1, 107, 20.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 46, 18.] nānārtha [KĀM. NĪTIS. 17, 60.] sarvasasyārtha [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 22, 8.] dharma [Mahābhārata 14, 1321.] dharmārtha [SARVADARŚANAS. 77, 16. fg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 40], b, [38.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 353.] jambha [Mahābhārata 5, 2474.] Ohne Object Verrichter [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 291. 307.] sādhakā (!) als Beiw. der Durgā [Śabdakalpadruma] nach dem [Devīpurāṇa] sādhaka eine Wirkung hervorbringend, wirksam [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 23, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.] upāyāḥ [Mahābhārata 8, 355.] hetu [Spr. (II) 1685. 6722.] daṇḍa evātra sādhakaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 81, 43.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 12.] [Scholiast] zu [Kapila 1, 58.] superl. tama [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 42.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 13, 57.] [Scholiast] zu [Kapila 1, 88.] tamatva n. nom. abstr. [Kapila 2, 39.] [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 98.] — b) einrichtend, heilend: bhagnasya [Suśruta 2, 31, 11.] — c) Nutzen bringend, zweckentsprechend, zweckmässig [Mahābhārata 3, 1873.] sarga (neben asādhaka) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 1, 5, 7. 11. 14. fg. 17.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 47, 18] (dṛṣṭvāsā zu schreiben). [21. 24. fg. 27.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 20, 22.] tā f. nom. abstr. [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 183.] — d) Verehrer (einer Gottheit) [MĀLATĪM. 74,6.] [Oxforder Handschriften 81,b, No. 137. 99,b,30. 100,a,35. fg. 256,b,27.] [] zu [Chāndogyopaniṣad S. 47.] [PAÑCAR.2,3,97.5,22.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 83,22.] — e) Zauberkraft besitzend: varti so v. a. Zauberdocht [Pañcatantra 241, 2.] yastavopari sādhakaḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 270. 268] (wohl tavāsmyupari zu lesen). Zauberer (der eine Gottheit u. s. w. herbeicitirt) [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 105.] [KĀLACAKRA 5, 87.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 9. 73, 286. 303. fg. 92, 51.] — f) Bez. eines im Herzen wohnenden Feuers (agni, resp. pitta), welches die Willensbestimmungen giebt, [Suśruta 1, 78, 9.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 5, 10.] — g) beweisend [Scholiast] zu [Kapila 1, 43.] zu [Jaimini 1, 3. 17.] [KUSUM. 23, 14. 39, 12] [SARVADARŚANAS. 12, 6. 18, 9.] tva n. nom. abstr. [17, 14. 130, 16. fg. 149, 11.] asādhaka [114, 6.] tva n. nom. abstr. [?45, 6. Scholiast zu Kapila 1, 6.] —

2) f. sādhikā tiefer Schlaf [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 313.] — Vgl. artha, uttara, mantra, loka, sarvārtha, svārtha .

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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