सद्यस्

From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-dy-és, from *sem- (“one, same”) + *dey- (“day”) (see *dyew-).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐd.jɐ́s/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐd̪.jɐs̪/

सद्यस् • (sadyás)

1. on the same day; just now, recently; at once, immediately, as soon as
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.104.2:

     ओ त्ये नर॒ इन्द्र॑म् ऊ॒तये॑ गु॒र् नू चि॒त् तान्त् स॒द्यो अध्व॑नो जगम्यात् ।
     दे॒वासो॑ म॒न्युं दास॑स्य श्चम्न॒न् ते न॒ आ व॑क्षन्त् सुवि॒ताय॒ वर्ण॑म् ॥

     ó tyé nára índram ūtáye gur nū́ cit tā́nt sadyó ádhvano jagamyāt.
     devā́so manyúṃ dā́sasya ścamnan té na ā́ vakṣant suvitā́ya várṇam.

     These men have come to Indra for assistance: shall he not immediately come upon these pathways?
     May the Gods quell the fury of the Dāsa, and may they lead our folk to happy fortune.

   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.48.1:

     स॒द्यो ह॑ जा॒तो वृ॑ष॒भः क॒नीनः॒ प्रभ॑र्तुमाव॒दन्ध॑सः सु॒तस्य॑ ।
     सा॒धोः पि॑ब प्रतिका॒मं यथा॑ ते॒ रसा॑शिरः प्रथ॒मं सो॒म्यस्य॑ ॥

     sadyó ha jātó vṛṣabháḥ kanī́naḥ prábhartumāvadándhasaḥ sutásya.
     sādhóḥ piba pratikāmáṃ yáthā te rásāśiraḥ prathamáṃ somyásya.

     Sprung into existence at that very moment, the young Bull longed to taste the pressed-out Soma's liquor.
     Drink thou thy fill, according to thy longing, first, of the goodly mixture blent with Soma.

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.17.11:

     अत्र प्रविश्य गरुडो यदि मत्स्यान् स खादति ।
     सद्यः प्राणैर् वियुज्येत सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीम्य् अहम् ॥

     atra praviśya garuḍo yadi matsyān sa khādati.
     sadyaḥ prāṇair viyujyeta satyam etad bravīmy aham.

     I say verily, that the eagle may immediately lose his life if he enters here and eats fishes.

• अद्य (adya)

• Pali: sajju, sajjukaṃ
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄 (sajjo), 𑀲𑀚𑁆𑀚 (sajja), 𑀲𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀁 (sajjaṃ)
• → Hindi: सद्यस्- (sadyas-)
• → Kannada: ಸದ್ಯ (sadya)
• → Old Marathi: sadya

  Devanagari script: सद्य

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘟𑘿𑘧

  • Marathi: sadya (dated), sadhyā

    Modi script: 𑘭𑘟𑘿𑘧, 𑘭𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘰

    Devanagari script: सद्य, सध्या

• Monier Williams (1899) “सद्यस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1140.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सद्यस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1616
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “sadyas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sadyás”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 759