Pāli Dictionary

sīdati

approximate

sadrootasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form sīda · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

sad1sink; sit; settle

Synonyms

saṃsīdati, paṭippassambhati

general

  • sinks (into); submerges; drowns (in)

  • SN 2.15

    kathaṃsu tarati oghaṃ, rattin'divam'atandito, appatiṭṭhe anālambe, ko gambhīre na sīdatī'ti.

  • Ja 535

    āsāya yanti vāṇijā dhan'esino, nāvaṃ samāruyha parenti aṇṇave, te tattha sīdanti atho'pi ekadā, jīnādhanā enti vinaṭṭhapābhatā.

  • subsides; disappears; sinks away

mind

  • sinks; slumps; despairs; loses heart

  • Snp 4.15

    yena sallena otiṇṇo, disā sabbā vidhāvati, tam'eva sallam'abbuyha, na dhāvati na sīdati.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Sīdā
Place

  • A great river flowing from the northern Himalayan region, so buoyant-resistant that nothing can float on it, flowing through the Kañcana mountains where thousands of ascetics dwell on its banks.

Sīdā2
Other

  • An ocean, probably identical with Sīdantara, said to be the abode of the Nāgas.

Sīdā3
Place

  • A canal flowing eastward from the Aciravatī river, forming the channel of the Mahāvāḷukagaṅgā.

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