sahya , nt. (= Skt. Lex. id. ), health, welfare, fortune : [Page589-a] Divy 258.16 , see s.v. asahya , to which this is prob. a secondary back-formation.
sahya a. 1 Bearable, supportable, endurable; api sahyA te SirovedanA Mu. 5 ; M. 3. 4. 2 To be borne or endured; kaTaM tUzRIM sahyo niravaDiridAnIM tu virahaH U. 3. 44. 3 Able to bear. 4 Adequate or equal to. 5 Sweet, agreeable. 6 Strong, powerful. — hyaH N. of one of the seven principal mountain ranges in India, a part of the western Ghats at some distance from the sea; rAmAstrotsAritoRyAsItsahyalagna ivArRavaH R. 4. 53 , 52 ; Ki. 18. 5. — hyaM 1 Health, convalescence. 2 Assistance. 3 Fitness, adequacy. Comp. — AtmajA N. of the river Kāverī.
sahya One of the seven principal chains of mountains in India. It is still known as Sahyādri, and is the same as the Western Ghats as far as their junction with the Neilgherries north of the Malaya.