The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

S!dh!ra*a
S!dh!ra*a (adj.) general, common, joint Vin ii.258; iii.35; Th 2, 505; J i.202, 302; iv.7 (pañca˚ -- bh!va 5
fold connection); Nett 49 sq.; PvA 122, 194, 265. a˚ J i.78; DA i.71.
S!dhika
S!dhika (adj.) [sa+adhika; cp. BSk. s!dhika Divy 44] having something beyond D ii.93; Vv 535 (˚v"sati). ˚
-- porisa exceeding a man's height M i.74, 365; A iii.403.
S!dhiya
S!dhiya (adj.) [fr. s!dh] that which can be accomplished Sdhp 258 etc.
S!dhu
S!dhu (adj.) [Vedic s!dhu, fr. s!dh] 1. good, virtuous, pious Sn 376, 393; J i.1; Mhvs 37, 119; PvA 116,
132; as!dhu bad, wicked Dh 163, 223; DhA iii.313. -- 2. good, profitable, proficient, meritorious Dh 35,
206 (=sundara, bhaddaka DhA iii.271); D i.88; Pv ii.97; nt. adv. well, thoroughly Dh 67; J i.1; Mhvs 36,
97; 37, 73. Very frequent as interjection, denoting (a) request (adhortative, with imper.: s!dhu gaccha
please go! Miln 18; gacchatha VvA 305), to be translated with "come on, welcome, please," or similar
adverbs. Thus e. g. at Pv iv.140 (=!y!cane PvA 232); J i.92; PvA 6, 35, 272; VvA 69; -- (b) assent &
approval in replies to a question "alright, yes" or similarly; usually with the verbs (in ger.) pa&isu*itv!,
vatv!, sampa&icchitv! etc. Thus e. g. at J v.297; Vin i.56; Miln 7; DhA iii.13; VvA 149; DA i.171; SnA 176
(= sampaha'sane); PvA 55, 78 and passim. -- kamyat! desire for proficiency VbhA 477. -- k!ra saying
"well," approval, cheering, applause J i.223; Miln 13, 16, 18; VvA 132; DhA i.390; iii.385. -- k")ana a
festive play, a sacred festivity Mhvs 3, 11; s!dhuk")ita the same Mhvs 20, 36; ˚ -- divasa Vin iii.285; s!dhu
-- k")! J iii.434; v.127; s!dhu -- k")ik! J iii.433. -- j"vin leading a virtuous life It 71. -- phala having
wholesome fruits J i.272 (read s!du˚). -- r(pa good, respectable Dh 262. -- sammata highly honoured D
i.48; S iv.398; Sn p. 90 sq.; Miln 4, 21; DA i.143. -- s"liya good character J ii.137.
S!dhuka'
S!dhuka' (adv.) [fr. s!dhu] well, thoroughly Vin i.46; ii.208; D i.62. -- instr. s!dhukena (as adv.) willingly
(opp. with force) Pv ii.92.
S!dheti
S!dheti [Caus. of s!dh to succeed. Dhtp 421=sa'siddhiyan] 1. to accomplish, further, effect J ii.236 (Pot.
s!dhayemase). -- 2. to make prosperous PvA 113, 125. -- 3. to arrange, prepare Mhvs 7, 24. -- 4. to
perform, execute J i.38 (!r!mika -- kicca'); DA i.194; Mhvs 36, 62; Vism 344 (see udukkhala). -- 5. to
make clear, bring to a (logical) conclusion, to prove J ii.306; SnA 192 (attha'), 459; Tikp 58; PvA 30 (here
as much as "is any
-- 704 --
good"). -- 6. to collect or clear a debt, to recover (money). In this sense s!dheti is mixed up with sodheti,
which is regularly found as v. l., is it almost better to substitute sodheti at all passages for s!dheti (cp. i*a,
uddh!ra), e. g. J i.230; ii.341, 423; iii.106; iv.45; DhA iii.12. -- Cp. abhi˚.
S!nu