stána m. (or n. g. ardharcâdi ifc. ā or ī • derivation doubtful, but prob. connected with √stan, from the hollow resonance of the human breast), the female breast (either human or animal), teat, dug, udder RV. &c. &e • the nipple (of the female or the male breast) Suśr • a kind of pin or peg on a vessel shaped like a teat ŚBr