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स्थिर mfn. amf(आ॑)n. firm, hard, solid, compact, strong, [RV.] &c. &c. fixed, immovable, motionless, still, calm, [ŚBr.] ; [MBh.] &c. firm, not wavering or tottering, steady, [R.] ; [VarBṛS.] unfluctuating, durable, lasting, permanent, changeless, [RV.] &c. &c. stern, relentless, hard-hearted, [Kum.] मनस् constant, steadfast, resolute, persevering ( or हृदयं स्थिरं-√ कृ, ‘to steel one's heart, take courage’ [R.] ; [Kathās.] ) kept secret, [Vet.] faithful, trustworthy, [Yājñ.] ; [MBh.] &c. firmly resolved to (inf. ), [MBh.] settled, ascertained, undoubted, sure, certain, [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. स्थिर m. m. a partic. spell recited over weapons, [R.] a kind of metre, [VarBṛS.] N. of शिव, [MBh.] of one of स्कन्द's attendants, ib. N. of a partic. astrol. योग, [MW.] of certain zodiacal signs (viz. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius; so called because any work done under these signs is supposed to be lasting), ib. ([L.] also ‘a tree; Grislea Tomentosa; a mountain; a bull; a god; the planet Saturn; final emancipation’) स्थिर n. n. steadfastness, stubbornness, resistance (acc. with अव-√ तन्P. ‘to loosen the resistance of [gen.]’; Ā. ‘to relax one's own resistance, yield’; with आ-√ तन्Ā. ‘to offer resistance’), [RV.] स्थिर b &c. See p. 1264, col. 3.
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