Sak cl. 5. P. ( Dhātup. xxvii, 15 ) Saknoti ( pf. SaSA/ka , Seku/H , RV. &c. &c.; aor. a/Sakat , AV. &c. [ Ved. also Pot. Sakeyam and SakyAm ; Impv. SagDi , Saktam ]; fut. SaktA , or SakitA Gr. ; Sakzyati , °te , Br. &c.; Sakizyate , °te Gr. ; inf. -Saktave , RV. ; Saktum or Sakitum Gr. ), to be strong or powerful, be able to or capable of or competent for (with acc. dat. or loc. , rarely acc. of a verbal noun, or with an inf. in am or tum ; or with pr.p. ; e.g. with grahaRAya or grahaRe , ‘to be able to seize’; vaDa-nirRekam a-Saknuvan , ‘unable to atone for slaughter’; Sake/ma vAji/no ya/mam , ‘may we be able to guide horses’; vI kzitum na Saknoti , ‘he is not able to see’; pUrayan na Saknoti , ‘he is not able to fill’), RV. &c. &c. (in these meanings ep. also Sakyati , °te , with inf. in tuM cf. Dhātup. xxvi, 78 ); to be strong or exert one's self for another ( dat. ), aid, help, assist, RV. vii, 67, 5 ; 68, 8 &c.; to help to ( dat. of thing), ib. ii, 2, 12 ; iv, 21, 10 &c. : Pass. Sakyate ( ep. also °ti ), to be overcome or subdued, succumb, MBh. ; to yield, give way, ib. ; to be compelled or caused by any one ( instr. ) to ( inf. ), ib. ; to be able or capable or possible or practicable (with an inf. in pass. sense, e.g. tat kartuM Sakyate , ‘that can be done’; sometimes with pass. p. , e.g. na Sakyate vAryamARaH , ‘he cannot be restrained’; or used impers. , with or with out instr. , e.g. yadi [ tvayA ] Sakyate , ‘if it can be done by thee’, ‘if it is possible’), Mn. ; MBh. &c. : Caus. SAkayati ( aor. aSISakat ), Gr. : Desid. See √ Sikz .
Sak I. 5 P. ( Saknoti, Sakta ) 1 To be able, be competent for, have power to, effect (usually with an inf. and translateable by ‘can’); adarSayan vaktumaSaknuvatyaH SAKABirAvarjitapallavAMBiH R. 13. 24 , Bk. 3. 6 ; Me. 20 ; sometimes, with acc. or dat. ; Ms. 11. 139 ; with gen. also; see Sakta . 2 To bear, endure. 3 To be powerful. — Pass. To be able, be possible or practicable (giving a passive sense to a following infinitive); tatkartuM Sakyate ‘it can be done’. — Desid. ( Sikzati ) 1 To wish to be able. 2 To learn. II. 4 U. ( Sakyati-te, Sakta ) 1 To be able, have power to effect. 2 To bear, endure. 3 To give. 4 To aid. 5 To know (mostly Ved. in these senses).