साध्य [ sādhya ] [ sādhyá ] m. f. n. to be subdued or mastered or won or managed , conquerable , amenable Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  to be summoned or conjured up Lit. L.

  to be set to rights , to be treated or healed or cured Lit. Suśr. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kathās.

  to be formed (grammatically) Lit. Vop.

  to be cultivated or perfected Lit. Kāv.

  to be accomplished or fulfilled or brought about or effected or attained , practicable , feasible , attainable Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  being effected or brought about , taking place Lit. Kāś.

  to be prepared or cooked Lit. Car.

  to be inferred or concluded Lit. Sarvad. Lit. Bhāshāp. Lit. Kpr.

  to be proved or demonstrated Lit. Ragh. Lit. Sāh.

  to be found out by calculation Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Gaṇit.

  to be killed or destroyed Lit. MW.

  relating to the Sādhyas (see below) Lit. MBh. Lit. BhP.

  [ sādhya ] m. (pl.) " they that are to be propitiated " , N. of a class of celestial beings (belonging to the [ gaṇa-devatā ] q.v. , sometimes mentioned in the Veda ( see Lit. RV. x , 90 , 16 ) ; in the Lit. ŚBr. their world is said to be above the sphere of the gods ; according to Yāska ( Lit. Nir. xii , 41 ) their locality is the Bhuvarloka or middle region between the earth and sun ; in Lit. Mn. i , 22 , the Sādhyas are described as created after the gods with natures exquisitely refined , and in Lit. iii , 195 , as children of the Soma-sads , sons of Virāj ; in the Purāṇas they are sons of Sādhyā , and their number is variously twelve or seventeen ; in the later mythology they seem to be superseded by the Siddhas see [ siddha ] ; and their names are Manas , Mantṛi , Prâṇa , Nara , Pāna , Vinirbhaya , Naya , Daṃśa , Nārāyaṇa , Vṛisha , Prabhu) Lit. RV.

  the god of love Lit. L.

  N. of a Vedic Ṛishi. Lit. IndSt.

  of the 21st astronomical Yoga Lit. L.

  [ sādhyā ] f. N. of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma or Manu (regarded as the mother of the Sādhyas) Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

  [ sādhya ] n. accomplishment , perfection Lit. W.

  an object to be accomplished , thing to be proved or established , matter in debate Lit. ib.

  (in logic) the major term in a syllogism Lit. ib.

  silver Lit. L.

  N. of a Sāman Lit. ĀrshBr.