سدا

सदा sadā, adv. Always, perpetually, continually, ever:—sadā-brat, or sadā-bartor barat, s.m.=sadā-vrat, q.v.:—sadā-bahār, adj. Always blooming, evergreen, perennial:—sadā-pushpī, s.f. The white variety of the gigantic swallow-wort:—sadā-phal, adj. & s.m. Always bearing fruit;—a tree which bears fruit every year, (as) the cocoa-nut tree; the glomerous fig-tree; the jack, Artocarpus integrifolia; the sweet-lime; the belor Vilva, Aegle marmelos, etc.:—sadā-tan, adj. & s.m. Eternal;—an epithet of Vishṇu:—sadā-sa, vulg. sadās, adj. Always honouring or giving:—sadā-sthir, adj. Always firm; of eternal duration, abiding, permanent:—sadā-sar-vadā, adj. At all times, constantly, for ever and ever:—sadā-suhāgan, s.f. Name of a bird, Trogon dilectus;—a kind of flower, Hibiscus phœniceus (the white variety);—a class of Moḥammadan faqīrswho wear bangles and dress like women; an individual of that class;—a faithful and beloved wife; an unchaste woman or wife, a harlot:—sādā-śiv, vulg. sadā-siv, adj. & s.m. Always happy or prosperous;—an epithet of Śiva or Mahādev; a proper name:—sadā-kā, adj. (f. -ī), Perpetual, constant, incessant, regular:—sadā-kāl, adv. At all times, always, constantly, etc. (=sadā):—sadā-gati, s.m. lit.'Ever-going'; air, wind; the Universal or Supreme spirit; the sun;—everlasting happiness, final emancipation:—sadā-gulāb, s.m. The China rose:—sadā-nart, s.m. lit.'Always dancing'; the wagtail:—sadānand (˚dā+ān˚), adj. Always joyful, constantly or eternally happy:—sadā-vrat, vulg. sadā-vart, and sadā-bartor barat, s.m. Alms or food distributed daily to the poor, or to travellers, etc.:—sadā-hī, and sadā-ī, adv. emphat. of sadā, q.v.:—sadaiv (˚dā+eva), adv.=sadāhī.