sṭiti | स्टिति | sTiti

sṭi/ti | स्टि/ति | f. standing upright or firmly, not falling, Kāvyād.
standing, staying, remaining, abiding, stay, residence, sojourn in or on or at (loc. or comp.; sṭitiṃ-√ kf | स्टितिं-√ क्फ़् | or vi- | वि- | √ 1. ḍā | डा | or √ grah | ग्रह् | or √ Baj | Bअज् |, ‘to make a stay’, ‘take up one's abode’), Kāv.; Kathās. &c.
staying or remaining or being in any state or condition (see rājya-sṭ˚ | राज्य-स्ट्˚ |)
continuance in being, maintenance of life, continued existence (the 2nd of the three states of all created things, the 1st being utpatti | उत्पत्ति |, ‘coming into existence’, and the 3rd laya | लय |, ‘dissolution’), permanence, duration, ŚvetUp.; R.; Kālid.; BhP.; Sarvad.
duration of life, MārkP.
(in astron.) duration of an eclipse, Sūryas.
continued existence in any place, MBh.; Sāh.
that which continually exists, the world, earth, BhP.
any situation or state or position or abode, Kāv.; Pañcat.; Kathās.
station, high position, rank, Mn.; Yājñ.; Bhag. &c.
maintenance, sustenance, Mālatīm.
settled rule, fixed decision, ordinance, decree, axiom, maxim, ŚBr. &c. &c.
maintenance of discipline, establishment of good order (in a state &c.), Ragh.
continuance or steadfastness in the path of duty, virtuous conduct, steadiness, rectitude, propriety, MBh.; R.; Ragh.
constancy, perseverance, Bhag.; Sarvad.
devotion or addiction to, intentness on (loc.), MBh.; R.
firm persuasion or opinion, conviction, Yājñ.; Kām.
settled practice, institution, custom, usage, Kathās.; Rājat.
settled boundary or bounds (esp. of morality, e.g. sṭitim-√ Bid | स्टितिम्-√ Bइद् |, ‘to transgress the bounds of m˚’), term, limit, R.; Kālid.; Bhaṭṭ.
standing still, stopping, halting (sṭitim ā-√ car | स्टितिम् आ-√ चर् |, ‘to remain standing’), Ragh.; Rājat.; Suśr.
standing-place, halting-place, stand or place or fixed abode, ŚBr.; Mn.; Rājat.
resistance to motion, inertia (in phil.)
fixedness, immobility, stability, Ragh.; BhP.
depositing, laying down, Rājat.; Kathās.
form, shape, MārkP.
manner of acting, procedure, behaviour, conduct, Mn.; Śiś.; Hit.
occurrence, MBh.
regard or consideration for (loc.), Pañcat. v.l.
(in Vedic gram.) the standing of a word by itself (i.e. without the particle iti | इति |; see sṭita | स्टित |).

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