प्रतिष्ठ

{ pratiṣṭha }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रति-°ष्ठ  mfn.  mf( आ)n. standing firmly, steadfast, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]

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प्रति °ष्ठ

   resisting, [Kauś.]
   ( ifc.) ending with, leading to, [Jātakam.]
    famous, [W.]
प्रति-°ष्ठ  m.  m. also title or epithet).">N. of the father of सु- पार्श्व ( who was 7th अर्हत् of present अवसर्पिणी), [L.]

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प्रति °ष्ठ

प्रति-°ष्ठ  n.  n. point of support, centre or base of anything, 73, 6"> [RV. x, 73, 6] ( प्रतिष्ठा॑हृद्या जघन्थ, ‘ thou hast stricken to the quick’; प्रतिष्ठा may also be acc. pl. of next).

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रतिष्ठ [pratiṣṭha]   a.
    famous.
    standing firmly (Ved.)

Shabda-Sagara

प्रतिष्ठ  mfn.  ( -ष्ठः- ष्ठा-ष्ठं) famous.
  f.  ( - ष्ठा)
   1. fame, celebrity.
   2. The earth.
   3. The accomplishment of a religious ceremony or any set of rites, especially those instituted for the attainment of super- natural and magical powers.
   4. A form of metre, consisting of a stanza of four lines, of four syllables each: it is also applied to a form of the Gāyatrī, being a triplet of 8, 7, and 6 syllable lines, making altogether 21 syllables.
   5. place, scite.
   6. staying, stand- ing, fixation.
   7. limit, boundary.
   8. accomplishment, completion, (in general.)
   9. consecration of a monument erected in honour of a deity, or of the image of a deity.
    10. endowment of a temple, portioning or marrying a daughter, &c.
    11. fixity, strength, firm foundation
    12. prop, support, stay.
    13. rest, tranquility.
    14. A receptacle.
    15. high authority, par- eminence.
  m.  ( -ष्ठः) The father of SUPĀRSWA, the seventh Jaina pontiff.
    E. प्रति before, स्था to stay or stand, affs. अङ् and टाप् .

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प्रति स्था अङ् टाप् .