saṃsad

[apte] 1. 6. P. 1 To sit down, sit down together. --2 To be afflict- ed, be in distress. --3 To pine away.

[apte] f. 1 An assembly, meeting, circle; saṃsatsu jāte puruṣādhikāre Ki. 3. 51; chātrasasadi labdhakīrtiḥ Pt. 1; R. 16. 24. --2 A court of justice; Ms. 8. 52.

[mw] P. -sīdati (Ved. also te and -sadati), to sit down together with (instr.) or upon (acc.), sit down RV.; VS.; to sink down collapse, be discouraged or distressed, pine away (with kṣudhā, to perish with hunger) Mn.; MBh. &c: Caus. -sādayati, to cause to sit... f. sitting together, an assembly meeting, congress, session, court of justice or of a king. RV. &c 1119,1 226783 f. (saṃsadām ayana n. a partic. ceremony or...