stan (cf. √2. tan), cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xiii, 18) stanati (once in BhP. -stanase

• in RV. 3. sg. stan and 2. Impv. stanihi

• pf. tastāna, tastanuḥ Gr

• aor. astānīt AV

• fut. stanitā, ○niṣyati Gr.), to resound, reverberate, roar, thunder RV. &c. &c

• to utter inarticulate sounds Vās.: Caus. stanáyati (aor. atiṣṭanat), id. (stanayati, 'it thunders') RV. &c. &c

• crackle (as fire) AitBr.: Desid. tistaniṣati Gr.: Intens. taṃstanyate, taṃstanti ib. (2. sg. Impv. taṃstanīhi, abhi-ṣṭan). [Cf. Gk. ? ; Slav. [1257, 2] stenja ; Angl. Sax. stunian ; Germ. sto10hnen.]