स्थापनम [sthāpanama] [स्था-णिच्-ल्युट्]
(a) The act of causing to stand, fixing; founding, establishing, instituting;
[Mb. 12.255.3.] (b) Regulating, directing.
Fixing the thoughts, concentration of the mind, steady application, abstraction.
A dwelling, habitation.
A ceremony performed on a woman's perceiving the first signs of living conception; cf. पुंसवन.
Fastening, rendering immovable; उत्थापनैरुन्नयनैश्चालनैः स्थापनैरपि । परस्परं जिगीषन्तावुपचक्रतुरात्मनः ॥
[Bhāg.1.44.5.] Founding, erecting (a temple, image &c.).
Preservation, prolongation (of life).
A means of stopping (the flow of blood), styptic.
Storage (of grain).
Establishment of a proposition. -Comp.
-वृत्त a. a. one who is past all restoration to strength.