sahAya · masculine
friend
sahāya , in LV 387.9 ( vs ), if text is right must mean accompanied (by, with instr. ): adhunāpy asau tāṃ … saṃpūjayaty anyasuraiḥ sahāyaḥ, even now he honors it , [Page588-b] together with the other gods . But this use of sahāya seems unparalleled, and Tib. makes it agree with anyasuraiḥ: lha gzhan grogs daṅ lhan cig mchod pa byed , honors it together with the other companion gods ; this implies sahāyaiḥ, which is prob. the true reading, tho no v.l. is cited. Cf. however sahīya , Buddhac. x.26 .
a friend; an ally
Sahāya [cf. Epic Sanskrit sahāya, from saha + i] companion, friend D II 78; M I 86; S IV 288; Pp 36; Snp 35, 45 f.; Ja II 29; -kicca assistance (?) Ja V 339; -matta companion Ja IV 76; -sampadā the good luck of having companions Snp 47; adiṭṭha-° a friend who has not yet been seen personally Ja I 377; III 364; bahu-° having many friends Vin II 158; nāhaṃ ettha sahāyo bhavissāmi I am not a party to that Ja III 46; asahāya Miln 225.
(masc, masc, comp) friend; companion; ally; fellow traveller friend, ally [lit.] going with Construction: saha + aya