pratiṣṭhā

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[apte] 1 P. 1 To stand firm, be established. --2 To be supported. --3 To rest or depend upon. --4 To stay, abide, be situated. --Caus. 1 To place firmly on, station. --2 To set up, erect, establish. --3 To install, in- augurate (on a throne). --4 To entrust with, consign to. --5 To offer, present.

[apte] 1 Resting, remaining, si- tuation, position; apauruṣeyapratiṣṭhaṃ Māl. 9; Ś. 7. 6. --2 A house, residence, home, habitation; R. 6. 21; 14. 5. --3 Fixity, stability, strength, per- manence, firm basis; apratiṣṭhe raghujyeṣṭhe [Page0742-b+ 56] kā pratiṣṭhā kulasya naḥ U. 5. 25; atra kha- lu me vaṃśapratiṣṭhā Ś. 7; vaṃśaḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ nītaḥ K. 280; Śi. 2. 34. --4 Basis, founda- tion, site; as in gṛhapratiṣṭhā. --5 A...

[mw] (sthā) P. A1. -tiṣṭhati, te to stand, stay, abide, dwell RV. &c; to stand still, set (as the sun), cease MBh.; BhP.; to stand firm, be based or rest on (loc.), be established, thrive, prosper RV. &c; to depend or rely on (loc.) Vajracch.; to withstand, resist... mf (A) n. standing firmly, steadfast S3Br.; MBh. 671,2 133256 mf (A) n. resisting Kaus3. 671,2 133257 mf (A) n. (ifc.) ending with, leading to Ja1takam....

Root

√ṣṭhā ष्ठा

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi · gatinivṛttau

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Aitareya-Aranyaka Aitareyabrahmana Aitareyopanisad Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Apastambagrhyasutra Apastambasrautasutra Arthasastra Aryasaptasati Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Astasahasrika Asvalayanagrhyasutra Atharvaprayascittani Avadanasataka Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanagrhyasutra Baudhayanasrautasutra Bhagavatapurana Bhallatasataka Bharadvajagrhyasutra Bharadvajasrautasutra Bharatamanjari Brhadaranyakopanisad Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Carakasamhita Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Divyavadana Drahyayanasrautasutra Garudapurana Gobhilagrhyasutra Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Goraksasataka Haribhaktivilasa Harsacarita Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Jaiminiyabrahmana Janmamaranavicara Kamasutra Kathakagrhyasutra Kathakasamhita Katharanyaka Kathasaritsagara Kathopanisad Katyayanasmrti Kausikasutra Kausitakibrahmana Khadiragrhyasutra Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Mrgendratika Mugdhavabodhini Mulamadhyamakarikah Mundakopanisad Nadabindupanisat Naradasmrti Narmamala Natyasastra Pancarthabhasya Pancavimsabrahmana Parasarasmrtitika Paraskaragrhyasutra Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasahrdayatantra Rasakamadhenu Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasarnava Rasarnavakalpa Rasendracintamani Rasendracudamani Rgvedakhilani Saddharmapundarikasutra Samavidhanabrahmana Samkhyakarikabhasya Sanghabhedavastu Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanaranyaka Sankhayanasrautasutra Satapathabrahmana Saundarananda Skandapurana Spandakarika Spandakarikanirnaya Susrutasamhita Taittiriyabrahmana Taittiriyaranyaka Taittiriyasamhita Taittiriyopanisad Tantraloka Tantrasara Todalatantra Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vaikhanasasrautasutra Vaitanasutra Varahagrhyasutra Vatulanathasutravrtti Vimsatikavrtti Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yogasutra Yogasutrabhasya atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda sira-upanisad skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

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1 P. 1 To stand firm, be established. --2 To be supported. --3 To rest or depend upon. --4 To stay, abide, be situated. --Caus. 1 To place firmly on, station. --2 To set up,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: VERB
Total Occurrences: 1,693
Texts Appeared In: 103

DCS: = ūnayitnﾣ; donnernd; tosend | Monier-Williams: 1. prati-zWA (√ sTA ) P. Ā. -tizWati , ˚te to stand, stay, abide,

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Nādabindūpaniṣat surface: pratiṣṭhitā

kalātrayānanā vāpi tāsāṃ mātrāpratiṣṭhitā
Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: pratiṣṭhitam

bṛhad iti jātaḥ pratiṣṭhitam
Spandakārikā surface: pratiṣṭhitaḥ

dhāvanvā yatpadaṃ gacchet tatra spandaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ