(p. 978) sandhāna search, quest, pursuit; research; discovery; trace; a mystery; a secret entrance ('সন্ধান লব বুঝিয়া'); placing or planting or directing (শরসন্ধান); fermentation; joining. সন্ধান করা v. to search; to research; to discover; to trace or to try to trace; to place or plant (as an arrow on a bow); to ferment; to join. সন্ধান নেওয়া same as সন্ধান করা । সন্ধান পাওয়া v. to find or get a trace (of); to find out, to discover; to detect. সন্ধান হওয়া v. to be searched or traced; to be found out or discovered or detected. ̃সূত্র n. a clue. 23)