sthānaka m. N. of a man Rājat

• n. position, situation, rank, dignity MBh

• a place, spot Pañcat

• a city, town L

• attitude of the body (in shooting &c.) Hcar. Nalac

• a partic. point or situation in dramatic action, Vīkr. iv, 44/45 (others 'a kind of posture'

• but cf. patākā-sth○)

• a basin or trench dug for water at the √of a tree L

• a division or section (esp, ) of the Kāṭhaka (accord. to some 'a mode of recitation')

• froth or bubbles on spirits or wine (prob. for sthāsaka) L