sthāpaka mfn. (fr. Caus.) causing to stand, placing, fixing &c

• m. the erecter of an image VarBṛS

• a depositor Yājñ. Sch

• (ifc.) an establisher, founder Cat

• (in dram.) a kind of stage-director (assistant of the Sūtra-dhāra q.v. but not clearly defined in his functions and not mentioned in any of the extant plays) Bhar. Sāh