sthíti f. standing upright or firmly, not falling Kāvyâd

• standing, staying, remaining, abiding, stay, residence, sojourn in or on or at (loc. or comp

• sthitiṃ-√kṛ or vi- √1. dhā or √grah or √bhaj, 'to make a stay', 'take up one's abode') Kāv. Kathās. &c

• staying or remaining or being in any state or condition ( rājya-sth○)

• continuance in being, maintenance of life, continued existence (the 2nd of the three states of all created things, the 1st being utpatti, 'coming into existence', and the 3rd laya, 'dissolution'), permanence, duration

ŚvetUp. R. Kālid. BhP. Sarvad

• duration of life MārkP

• (in astron.) duration of an eclipse Sūryas

• continued existence in any place MBh. Sāh

• that which continually exists, the world, earth BhP

• any situation or state or position or abode Kāv. Pañcat. Kathās

• station, high position, rank Mn. Yājñ. Bhag. &c

• maintenance, sustenance Mālatīm

• settled rule, fixed decision, ordinance, decree, axiom, maxim ŚBr. &c. &c

• maintenance of discipline, establishment of good order (in a state &c.) Ragh

• continuance or steadfastness in the path of duty, virtuous conduct, steadiness, rectitude, propriety MBh. R. Ragh

• constancy, perseverance Bhag. Sarvad

• devotion or addiction to, intentness on (loc.) MBh. R

• firm persuasion or opinion, conviction Yājñ. Kām

• settled practice, institution, custom, usage Kathās. Rājat

• settled bountary or bounds (esp. of morality, e.g. sthitim-√bhid, 'to transgress the bounds of morality'), term, limit R. Kālid. Bhaṭṭ

• standing still, stopping, halting (sthitim ā-√car, 'to remain standing') Ragh. Rājat. Suśr

• standing-place, halting-place, stand or place or fixed abode ŚBr. Mn. Rājat

• resistance to motion, inertia (in phil.)

• fixedness, immobility, stability Ragh. BhP

• depositing, laying down Rājat. Kathās

• form, shape MārkP

• manner of acting, procedure, behaviour, conduct Mn. Śiś. Hit

• occurrence MBh

• regard or consideration for (loc.) Pañcat. vḷ

• (in Vedic gram.) the standing of a word by itself (i.e. without the particle iti

• See sthita)