नि-षद् a (
√ सद्)
P. -षीदति,
Ved. also
-षदति (
impf. न्य्-अषीदत्, or
न्य्-असीदत्;
Ved. also
-असदत्;
pf. P. -षसाद,
-षेदुर्Ā. -षेदिरे,
[RV.] &c. &c.;
aor. P. -षत्सि,
-षत्सत्;
Pass. न्य्-असादि,
[RV.] ;
ind.p. -षद्य,
ib.;
Ved. inf. -ष॑दे,
ib.; for
स् and
ष्cf. [Pāṇ. 8-3, 66 &c.] ),
to sit or lie down or rest upon (
loc. ),
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to sink or go down (as a ship),
[Hariv.] ;
to be afflicted, suffer pain,
[MW.] ;
to perform or celebrate by sitting (
सत्त्रम्),
[Br.] ;
(
P. Ā. ) to set, found, establish, appoint,
[RV.] :
Caus. -षादयति,
°ते to cause to sit down, set down, appoint,
[RV.] नि-°षद् mfn. bmfn. sitting inactive,
[ŚāṅkhŚr.] sitting (
esp. near the altar at a sacrificial rite),
[RV.] ;
[ŚBr.] N. of a kind of literary composition,
[MBh. xii, 1613.]