sadema

upa-sad

impf. - asadat) to sit upon (acc.) RV. VI, 75, 8 ;
to sit near to, approach (esp. respectfully), revere, worship RV. AV. TS. ṠBr. etc. MBh. Ragh. etc.;
to approach (a teacher in order to become his pupil) Kathās. ;
to approach asking, request, crave for RV. I, 89, 2; VII, 33, 9 TS. II ṠBr. II ;
to approach in a hostile manner BhP. VI, 3, 27 ;
to possess RV. VIII, 47, 16 AV. III, 14, 6 ;
to perform the Upasad ceremony ( seeﾠ below) TS. VI, 2, 3, 4:
Caus. - sādayati, to place orﾠ put upon orﾠ by the side of TS. TBr. ṠBr. etc.;
to cause to approach, lead near ( seeﾠ upa-sādita)
upa-sád

(t) m. N. of a particular fire (different from the Gārhapatya, Dakshiṇāgni, andﾠ Āhavanīya) VahniP. ;
(t) f. attendance, worship, service RV. II, 6, 1 ;
settlement (?) AV. VI, 142, 3 ;
siege, assault ṠBr. III AitBr. Kāṭh. ;
N. of a ceremony orﾠ sacrificial festival preceding the Sutyā orﾠ pressing of the Soma (it lasts several days, andﾠ forms part of the Jyotishṭoma) VS. XIX, 14 TS. ṠBr. KātyṠr. etc..