# साधन
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit साधन (sādhana).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sɑː.d̪ʱən/, [säː.d̪ʱɐ̃n]

### Noun

साधन • (sādhan) m
* means
    उत्पादन के साधन ― utpādan ke sādhan ― means of production
* medium; method
* resources

#### Derived terms

* संसाधन (sansādhan)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সাধন (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬵᬥᬦ (Balinese script)
* সাধন (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰯𑰠𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀸𑀥𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* သာဓန (Burmese script)
* સાધન (Gujarati script)
* ਸਾਧਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌾𑌧𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦴꦣꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂰𑂡𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಾಧನ (Kannada script)
* សាធន (Khmer script)
* ສາຘນ (Lao script)
* സാധന (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘰𑘠𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧑𑧀𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐵𑐢𑐣 (Newa script)
* ସାଧନ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢵꢤꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆳𑆣𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖯𑖠𑖡 (Siddham script)
* සාධන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩛𑩮𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚭𑚜𑚝 (Takri script)
* ஸாத⁴ந (Tamil script)
* సాధన (Telugu script)
* สาธน (Thai script)
* སཱ་དྷ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒰𑒡𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨊𑨜𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root साध् (sādh) +‎ -अन (-ana).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɑ́ː.dʱɐ.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ɑː.d̪ʱɐ.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

साधन • (sā́dhana) stem
* leading straight to a goal, guiding well, furthering
* effective, efficient, productive of (compound)
* procuring
* conjuring up (a spirit)
* denoting, designating, expressive of (compound)

#### Declension
### Noun

साधन • (sā́dhana) stem, n
* the act of mastering, overpowering, subduing
* subduing by charms, conjuring up, summoning (spirits etc.)
* subduing a disease, healing, cure
* enforcing payment or recovery (of a debt)
* bringing about, carrying out, accomplishment, fulfilment, completion, perfection
* establishment of a truth, proof, argument, demonstration
* reason or premiss (in a syllogism, leading to a conclusion)
* any means of effecting or accomplishing, any agent or instrument or implement or utensil or apparatus, an expedient, requisite for (genitive or compound)
* a means of summoning or conjuring up a spirit (or deity)
* means or materials of warfare, military forces army or portion of an army (sg and pl)
* conflict, battle
* means of correcting or punishing (as "a stick", "rod" etc.)
* means of enjoyment, goods, commodities etc.
* efficient cause or source (in general)
* organ of generation (male or female)
* (grammar) the sense of the instrumental or agent (as expressed by the case of a noun, as opposed to the action itself)
* preparing, making ready, preparation (of food, poison etc.)
* obtaining, procuring, gain, acquisition
* finding out by calculation, computation
* fruit, result
* the conjugational affix or suffix which is placed between the root and terminations (= वीहरण (vīharaṇa))
* in Lexicographers: matter, material, substance, ingredient, drug, medicine; good works, penance, self-mortification, attainment of beatitude; conciliation, propitiation, worship; killing, destroying; killing metals, depriving them by oxidation etc. of their metallic properties (especially said of mercury); burning on a funeral pile, obsequies; setting out, proceeding, going; going quickly; going after, following

#### Related terms

* साधना (sādhanā)

#### Descendants

* Pali: sādhana
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀡 (sāhaṇa)
** Assamese: সাহন (xahon)
* Marathi: साधन (sādhan)
* → Kannada: ಸಾಧನ (sādhana)
* → Tamil: சாதனம் (cātaṉam)
* → Telugu: సాధనము (sādhanamu)

### Noun

साधन • (sā́dhana) stem, m
* name of the author of RV. x, 157 (having the patronymics भौवन (bhauvana))
* propitiation, worship, adoration

#### Declension
### References

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “sādhana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Monier Williams (1899) “साधन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1201/1.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sādhana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press