sṭā | स्टा | sTA
1. sṭā | स्टा | cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxii, 30) ti/śWati | ति/श्Wअति |, ˚te | ˚ते | (pf. tasṭO/ | तस्ट्O/ |, tasṭe | तस्टे |, RV. &c. &c.; aor. a/sṭāt | अ/स्टात् |, a/sṭita | अ/स्टित |, ib.; 3. pl. asṭiran | अस्टिरन् |, RV.; AV.; Br.; āsṭat | आस्टत् | [?] AV.; asṭiśi | अस्टिशि |, ˚śata | ˚शत |, Br. &c.; Subj. sṭāti | स्टाति |, sṭā/ṭaḥ | स्टा/टः |, RV.; Prec. sṭeyāt | स्टेयात् |, ib.; sṭeśam | स्टेशम् |, ˚śuḥ | ˚शुः | [?] AV.; sṭāsīśwa | स्टासीश्wअ | Gr.; fut. sṭātā | स्टाता |, MBh. &c.; sṭāsyati | स्टास्यति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, Br. &c.; inf. sṭā/tum | स्टा/तुम् |, ib.; ˚tos | ˚तोस् |, Br.; GṛŚrS.; -sṭitum | -स्टितुम् |, R.; ind.p. sṭitvā | स्टित्वा |, MBh. &c.; -sṭā/ya | -स्टा/य |, RV. &c. &c.; -sṭāyam | -स्टायम् |, Bhaṭṭ.), to stand, stand firmly, station one's self, stand upon, get upon, take up a position on (with pādāByām | पादाBयाम् |, ‘to stand on the feet’; with jānuByām | जानुBयाम् |, ‘to kneel’; with agre | अग्रे | or agratas | अग्रतस् | and gen., ‘to stand or present one's self before’; with puras | 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 kanyā | कन्या |, ‘to remain a girl or unmarried’; with tūśṛīm | तूशृईम् | or with mOnena | म्Oनेन | instr. ‘to remain silent’; with suKam | सुKअम् |, ‘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 rājye | राज्ये |, ‘to continue governing’; with ṣāsane | षासने |, ‘to practise obedience’; with bale | बले |, ‘to exercise power’; with sva-ḍarme | स्व-डर्मे |, ‘to do one's duty’; with sva-karmaṛi | स्व-कर्मऋइ |, ‘to keep to one's own business’; with saṃṣaye | संषये |, ‘to persist in doubting’; also with ind.p., e.g. ḍarmam āṣritya | डर्मम् आष्रित्य |, ‘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. i, 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 sṭitvā | स्टित्वा | below), RV. &c. &c.; to behave or conduct one's self (with samam | 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. mayi sṭitvā | मयि स्टित्वा |, ‘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. sṭīyate | स्टीयते | (aor. asṭāyi | अस्टायि |), to be stood &c. (frequently used impers., e.g. mayā sṭīyatām | मया स्टीयताम् |, ‘let it be abided by me’ i.e. ‘I must abide’), Br. &c. &c.: Caus. sṭāpayati | स्टापयति |, ˚te | ˚ते | (aor. a/tiśWipat | अ/तिश्Wइपत् |; ind.p. sṭāpayitvā | स्टापयित्वा | [q.v.] and -sṭā/pam | -स्टा/पम् |: Pass. sṭāpyate | स्टाप्यते |), 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 ḍātrīm | डात्रीम् |, ‘to employ any one as a nurse’; with rakśārṭam | रक्शार्टम् |, ‘to appoint any one as guardian’; with sajjam | सज्जम् |, ‘to make anything ready’ ; with su-rakśitam | सु-रक्शितम् |, ‘to keep anything well guarded’; with svīkftya | स्वीक्फ़्त्य |, ‘to make anything one's own’; with pariṣeśam | परिषेशम् |, ‘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 hfdi | ह्फ़्दि |, ‘to impress on the heart’; with manas | मनस् |, ‘to fix the mind on’), AV. &c. &c.; to introduce or initiate into, instruct in (loc., e.g. with naye | नये |, ‘to instruct in a plan or system’), MBh.; Kathās.; to make over or deliver up to (loc. or haste | हस्ते | with gen., ‘into the hands of’), Yājñ.; Ratnāv.; Kathās.; to give in marriage, MBh.; to cause to stand still, stop, arrest, check, hold, keep in, restrain (with badḍvā | बद्ड्वा |, ‘to keep bound or imprisoned’), ŚBr. &c. &c.; to place aside, keep, save, preserve, MBh.; Hariv. : Desid. of Caus. -sṭāpayiśati | -स्टापयिशति | (see saṃ-√ sṭā | सं-√ स्टा |) : Desid. ti/śWāsati | ति/श्Wआसति |, to wish to stand &c., ŚBr. : Intens. teśWīyate | तेश्Wईयते |; tāsṭeti | तास्टेति |, tāsṭāti | तास्टाति | Gr.
sṭā | स्टा | [cf. Gk. ἱ-στάναι; Lat. stare; Lith. stóti; Slav. stati; Germ. stân, stehen; Eng. stand.]
2. sṭā/ | स्टा/ | (or śWā/ | श्Wआ/ |), mfn. (nom. m. n. sṭā/s | स्टा/स् |) standing, stationary (often ifc. = ‘standing, being, existing in or on or among’, cf. agni-śWā | अग्नि-श्Wआ |, fta-sṭā | फ़्त-स्टा | &c.), RV.; PañcavBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
sṭā | स्टा | [cf. Gk. ἱ-στάναι; Lat. stare; Lith. stóti; Slav. stati; Germ. stân, stehen; Eng. stand.]
2. sṭā/ | स्टा/ | (or śWā/ | श्Wआ/ |), mfn. (nom. m. n. sṭā/s | स्टा/स् |) standing, stationary (often ifc. = ‘standing, being, existing in or on or among’, cf. agni-śWā | अग्नि-श्Wआ |, fta-sṭā | फ़्त-स्टा | &c.), RV.; PañcavBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.