1. san cl. 1. P. , cl. 8. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xiii, 21 ; xxx, 2 ) sa/nati , °te or sano/ti , sanute ( Ā. rare and only in non-conjugational tenses; pf. sasA/na , RV. ; p. sasava/s , ib. f. sasanu/zI , Br. ; sasanivas or senivas Gr. ; sene , ib. ; aor. asAnizam [ Subj. sanizat Ā. sanizAsmahe , sa/nizanta ] RV. ; Impv. sa/nizantu , SV. ; sezam , set , MaitrS. ; Br. ; asAta Gr. ; Prec. sanyAt , sAyAt , ib. ; fut. sanitA , ib. ; sanizya/ti , RV. ; Br. ; inf. sanitum Gr. ), to gain, acquire, obtain as a gift, possess, enjoy, RV. ; AV. ; Br. ; ŚrS. ; to gain for another, procure, bestow, give, distribute, RV. ; ( Ā. ) to be successful, be granted or fulfilled, ib. : Pass. sanyate or sAyate , Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43 : Caus. sAnayati ( aor. asIzaRat ) Gr. : Desid. of Caus. sisAnayizati , ib. : Desid. sisanizati ( Gr. ) or si/zAsati (? sIzatI , AV. iv, 38, 2 ), to wish to acquire or obtain, RV. ; TS. ; AV. ; to wish to procure or bestow, RV. ; AV. : Intens. saMsanyate , sAsAyate , saMsanti ( Gr. ), to gain or acquire repeatedly (only 3. pl. sanizRata , RV. i, 131, 5 ).
3. san (in gram. ) a technical term for the syllable sa or sign of the desiderative.
4. san N. of an era (current in Bengal and reckoned from 593 A.D. ), RTL. 433 .
San 1 [cf. Vedic śvā, genitive śunaḥ; Avesta spā, Greek κύων; Latin canis, Old-Irish cū, Gothic hunds = hound] a dog; nominative singular sā D I 166 = M I 77; S I 176; III 150; Kv 336. For other forms of the same base see suvāṇa. San 2 (= saṃ) accusative of sa 4 .
san 1 P. ; 8 U. ( sanati, sanoti , sanute, sAta ; pass. sanyate, sAyate ; desid. sisanizati, sizAsati ) 1 To love, like. 2 To worship, honour. 3 To acquire, obtain. 4 To receive graciously. 5 To honor with gifts, give, bestow, distribute.