a. 1 Bearable, supportable, endurable; api sahyā te śirovedanā Mu. 5; M. 3. 4.

2 To be borne or endured; kathaṃ tūṣṇīṃ sahyo niravadhiri- dānīṃ tu virahaḥ U. 3. 44.

3 Able to bear.

4 Adequate or equal to.

5 Sweet, agreeable.

6 Strong, powerful. hyaḥ N. of one of the seven principal mountain ranges in India, a part of the western Ghats at some distance from the sea; rāmāstrotsāritoṇyāsītsahyalagna ivā-...

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.