sthā 1

sthā cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxii, 30) tíṣṭhati, ○te (pf. tasthaú, tasthe RV. &c. &c

• aor. ásthāt, ásthita ib

• 3. pl. asthiran RV. AV. Br

• āsthat [?] AV

• asthiṣi, ○ṣata Br. &c

• Subj. sthāti, sthā́thaḥ RV

• Prec. stheyāt ib

• stheṣam, ○ṣuḥ [?] AV

• sthāsīṣṭa Gr

• fut. sthātā MBh. &c

• sthāsyati, ○te Br.&c

• inf. sthā́tum ib

• ○tos Br. GṛŚrS

• -sthitum R

• ind. p. sthitvā MBh. &c

• -sthā́ya RV. &c. &c

• -sthāyam Bhaṭṭ.), to stand, stand firmly, station one's self stand upon, get upon, take up a position on (with pādābhyām, 'to stand on the feet'

• with jānubhyām, 'to kneel'

• with agre or agratas and gen., 'to stand or present one's self before'

• with puras and with or without gen., 'to stand up against an enemy &c.') RV. &c. &c

• to stay, remain, continue in any condition or action (e.g. with kanyā, 'to remain a girl or unmarried'

• with tūṣṇīm or with maunena instr. 'to remain silent'

• with sukham, 'to continue or feel well') AV. &c. &c

• to remain occupied or engaged in, be intent upon, make a practice of, keep on, persevere in any act (with loc

• e.g. with rājye, 'to continue governing'

• with śāsane, 'to practise obedience'

• with bale, 'to exercise power'

• with sva-dharme, 'to do one's duty'

• with sva-karmaṇi, 'to keep to one's own business'

• with saṃśaye, 'to persist in doubting'

• also with ind. p., e.g. dharmam āśritya, 'to practise virtue') AV. Mn. MBh. &c

• to continue to be or exist (as opp. to 'perish'), endure, last TS. Mn. MBh. &c

• to be, exist, be present, be obtainable or at hand AV. &c. &c

• to be with or at the disposal of, belong to (dat., gen., or loc.) Mn. MBh. &c

• (Ā., m. c. also P., Pāṇ. 1-3, 23 ; iv, 34) to stand by, abide by, be near to, be on the side of, adhere or submit to, acquiesce in, serve, obey (loc. or dat.) RV. &c. &c

• to stand still, stay quiet, remain stationary, stop, halt, wait, tarry, linger, hesitate ( See under sthitvā below) RV. &c. &c

• to behave or conduct one's self (with samam, 'to behave equally towards any one', loc.)

• to be directed to or fixed on (loc.) Hariv. Kathās

• to be founded or rest or depend on, be contained in (loc.) RV. AV. MBh

• to rely on, confide in (loc., e.g. mayi sthitvā, 'confiding in me') Bhaṭṭ

• to stay at, resort to (acc.) R

• to arise from (abl. or gen.) RV. ChUp

• to desist or cease from (abl.) Kathās

• to remain unnoticed (as of no importance), be left alone (only Impv. and Pot.) Kāv. Pañcat.: Pass. sthīyate (aor. asthāyi), to be stood &c. (frequently used impers., e.g. mayā sthīyatām, 'let it be abided by me', i.e. 'I must abide') Br.

&c. &c.: Caus. sthāpayati, ○te (aor. átiṣṭhipat

• ind. p. sthāpayitvā q.v. and -sthā́pam: Pass. sthāpyate), to cause to stand, place, locate, set, lay, fix, station, establish, found, institute AV. &c. &c

• to set up, erect, raise, build MBh. R

• to cause to continue, make durable, strengthen, confirm MBh. R. Suśr. &c

• to prop up, support, maintain MBh. Hcat

• to affirm, assent Sāh. Nyāyas. Sch

• to appoint (to any office, loc.) Mn. MBh. &c

• to cause to be, constitute, make, appoint or employ as (two acc

• with dhātrīm, 'to employ any one as a nurse'

• with rakṣârtham, 'to appoint any one as guardian'

• with sajjam, 'to make anything ready' [Page 1262, Column 3]

• with su-rakṣitam, 'to keep anything well guarded'

• with sviikṛtya, 'to make anything one's own'

• with pariśeṣam, 'to leave anythṭanything over or remaining') ŚvetUp. MBh. Kāv. &c

• to fix, settle, determine, resolve Mn. MBh. &c

• to fix in or on, lead or being into, direct or turn towards (loc., rarely acc

• with hṛdi, 'to impress on the heart'

• with manas, 'to fix the mind on') AV. &c. &c

• to introduce or initiate into, instruct in (loc., e.g. with naye, 'to instruct in a plan or system') MBh. Kathās

• to make over or deliver up to (loc. or haste with gen., 'into the hands of') Yājñ. Ratnâv. Kathās

• to give in marriage MBh

• to cause to stand still, stop, arrest, check, hold, keep in, restrain (with baddhvā, 'to keep bound or imprisoned') ŚBr. &c. &c

• to place aside, keep, save, preserve MBh. Hariv.: Desid. of Caus. -sthāpayiṣati ( See saṃ-√sthā): Desid. tíṣṭhāsati, to wish to stand &c. ŚBr.: Intens. teṣṭhīyate

• tāstheti, tāsthāti Gr. [Cf. Gk. ? ; Lat. stare ; Lith. stóti ; Slav. stati ; [1262, 3] Germ. stân, stehen ; Eng. stand.]

sthā

sthā́ (or ṣṭhā́), mfn. (nom. m. n. sthā́s) standing, stationary (often ifc. = 'standing, being, existing in or on or among', cf. agni-ṣṭhā, ṛtasthā &c.) RV. PañcavBr. ŚāṅkhŚr