स्था 1.cl. 1.
Ā. P. (
[Dhātup. xxii, 30] )
ति॑ष्ठति,
°ते (
pf. तस्थौ॑,
तस्थे,
[RV.] &c. &c.;
aor. अ॑स्थात्,
अ॑स्थित,
ib.; 3.
pl. अस्थिरन्,
[RV.] ;
[AV.] ;
[Br.] ;
आस्थत् [?]
[AV.] ;
अस्थिषि,
°षत,
[Br.] &c.;
Subj. स्थाति,
स्था॑थः,
[RV.] ;
Prec. स्थेयात्,
ib.;
स्थेषम्,
°षुः [?]
[AV.] ;
स्थासीष्टGr. ;
fut. स्थाता,
[MBh.] &c.;
स्थास्यति,
°ते,
[Br.] &c.;
inf. स्था॑तुम्,
ib.;
°तोस्,
[Br.] ;
[GṛŚrS.] ;
-स्थितुम्,
[R.] ;
ind.p. स्थित्वा,
[MBh.] &c.;
-स्था॑य,
[RV.] &c. &c.;
-स्थायम्,
[Bhaṭṭ.] ),
to stand, stand firmly, station one's self, stand upon, get upon, take up a position on (with
पादाभ्याम्, ‘to stand on the feet’; with
जानुभ्याम्, ‘to kneel’; with
अग्रे or
अग्रतस् and
gen. , ‘to stand or present one's self before’; with
पुरस् and with or without
gen. , ‘to stand up against an enemy &c.’),
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to stay, remain, continue in any condition or action (
e.g. with
कन्या, ‘to remain a girl or unmarried’; with
तूष्णीम् or with
मौनेनinstr. ‘to remain silent’; with
सुखम्, ‘to continue or feel well’),
[AV.] &c. &c.;
to remain occupied or engaged in, be intent upon, make a practice of, keep on, persevere in any act (with
loc. ;
e.g. with
राज्ये, ‘to continue governing’; with
शासने, ‘to practise obedience’; with
बले, ‘to exercise power’; with
स्व-धर्मे, ‘to do one's duty’; with
स्व-कर्मणि, ‘to keep to one's own business’; with
संशये, ‘to persist in doubting’; also with
ind.p. e.g. धर्मम् आश्रित्य, ‘to practise virtue’),
[AV.] ;
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.;
to continue to be or exist (as
opp. to ‘perish’), endure, last,
[TS.] ;
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.;
to be, exist, be present, be obtainable or at hand,
[AV.] &c. &c.;
to be with or at the disposal of, belong to (
dat. gen. , or
loc. ),
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.;
(
Ā. mc. also
P. cf. [Pāṇ. 1-3, 23; 4, 34] )
to stand by, abide by, be near to, be on the side of, adhere or submit to, acquiesce in, serve, obey (
loc. or
dat. ),
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to stand still, stay quiet, remain stationary, stop, halt, wait, tarry, linger, hesitate (See under
स्थित्वा below),
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to behave or conduct one's self (with
समम्, ‘to behave equally towards any one’
loc. );
to be directed to or fixed on (
loc. ),
[Hariv.] ;
[Kathās.] ;
to be founded or rest or depend on, be contained in (
loc. ),
[RV.] ;
[AV.] ;
[MBh.] ;
to rely on, confide in (
loc. e.g. मयि स्थित्वा, ‘confiding in me’),
[Bhaṭṭ.] ;
to stay at, resort to (
acc. ),
[R.] ;
to arise from (
abl. or
gen. ),
[RV.] ;
[ChUp.] ;
to desist or cease from (
abl. ),
[Kathās.] ;
to remain unnoticed (as of no importance), be left alone (only
Impv. and
Pot. ),
[Kāv.] ;
[Pañcat.] :
Pass. स्थीयते (
aor. अस्थायि), to be stood &c. (frequently used
impers. e.g. मया स्थीयताम्, ‘let it be abided by me’
i.e. ‘I must abide’),
[Br.] &c. &c.:
Caus. स्थापयति,
°ते (
aor. अ॑तिष्ठिपत्;
ind.p. स्थापयित्वा [
q.v. ] and
-स्था॑पम्:
Pass. स्थाप्यते), to cause to stand, place, locate, set, lay, fix, station, establish, found, institute,
[AV.] &c. &c.;
to set up, erect, raise, build,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] ;
to cause to continue, make durable, strengthen, confirm,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] ;
[Suśr.] &c.;
to prop up, support, maintain,
[MBh.] ;
[Hcat.] ;
to affirm, assent,
[Sāh.] ;
[Nyāyas.] Sch. ;
to appoint (to any office
loc. ),
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.;
to cause to be, constitute, make, appoint or employ as (two
acc. ; with
धात्रीम्, ‘to employ any one as a nurse’; with
रक्षा-र्थम्, ‘to appoint any one as guardian’; with
सज्जम्, ‘to make anything ready’
; with
सु-रक्षितम्, ‘to keep anything well guarded’; with
स्वीकृत्य, ‘to make anything one's own’; with
परिशेषम्, ‘to leave
anyth° over or remaining’),
[ŚvetUp.] ;
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to fix, settle, determine, resolve,
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.;
to fix in or on, lead or bring into, direct or turn towards (
loc. , rarely
acc. ; with
हृदि, ‘to impress on the heart’; with
मनस्, ‘to fix the mind on’),
[AV.] &c. &c.;
to introduce or initiate into, instruct in (
loc. e.g. with
नये, ‘to instruct in a plan or system’),
[MBh.] ;
[Kathās.] ;
to make over or deliver up to (
loc. or
हस्ते with
gen. , ‘into the hands of’),
[Yājñ.] ;
[Ratnâv.] ;
[Kathās.] ;
to give in marriage,
[MBh.] ;
to cause to stand still, stop, arrest, check, hold, keep in, restrain (with
बद्ध्वा, ‘to keep bound or imprisoned’),
[ŚBr.] &c. &c.;
to place aside, keep, save, preserve,
[MBh.] ;
[Hariv.] :
Desid. of
Caus. -स्थापयिषति (See
सं-√ स्था) :
Desid. ति॑ष्ठासति, to wish to stand &c.,
[ŚBr.] :
Intens. तेष्ठीयते;
तास्थेति,
तास्थातिGr. स्था [
cf. Gk. ἱ-στάναι;
Lat. stare;
Lith. stóti;
Slav. stati;
Germ. stân,
stehen;
Eng. stand.]
स्था n. 2. (or
ष्ठा॑)
mfn. (
nom. m.n.स्था॑स्) standing, stationary (often
ifc. = ‘standing, being, existing in or on or among’
cf. अग्नि-ष्ठा,
ऋतस्था &c.),
[RV.] ;
[PañcavBr.] ;
[ŚāṅkhŚr.]