○ṣṭhá mfn. placed in, or over, near the fire

• m. a pan, fire-pan R. [cf. -ṣṭhikā]

• a vehicle carrying the fire ĀpŚr

• (in the Aśvamedha sacrifice) the eleventh Yūpa or sacrificial post, which (of all the twenty-one) is nearest the fire ŚBr

• (ā́), f. that corner of the sacrificial post which (of all the eight) is nearest the fire ŚBr