| niṣṭhā | निष्ठा | ni-ṣṭhā (√ sthā; aor. ny-aṣṭhāt pf. ni-tasthau, [Vop.]) : Caus. (aor. ny-atiṣṭhipat) to fix in (loc.), [ŚBr.]; to give forth, emit, yield, [HPariś.] |
| ni-°ṣṭhā f. (ifc. f(A). ) state, condition, position, [Bhag.] |
| firmness, steadiness, attachment, devotion, application, skill in, familiarity with, certain knowledge of (loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.] |
| decision about (gen.), [Rājat.] |
| decisive sentence, judgement, [Gaut.]; [Āp.] |
| completion, perfection, culminating or extreme point, [Mn.]; [Āp.]; [MBh.] &c. |
| conclusion, end, termination, death (ifc. ‘ending with’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. |
| asking, begging, [L.] |
| trouble, distress, [L.] |
| (in gram.) N. of the p.p. affixes ta and tavat |
| (in dram.) the end or catastrophe, [W.] |
| ni-°ṣṭhā́ ([Padap.] niḥ-ṣṭhā) mfn. excelling, eminent, [RV.] |
| niṣṭhāna | निष्ठान | ni-°ṣṭhāna n. sauce, condiment, [L.] |
| niṣṭhāva | निष्ठाव | ni-°ṣṭhā—va mfn. concluding, deciding, [AitBr.] |
| niṣṭhānta | निष्ठान्त | ni-°ṣ°ṭhānta m. end, conclusion, [MBh.]; [BhP.] (v.l. diṣṭānta) |
| niṣṭhāvat | निष्ठावत् | ni-°ṣṭhā—vat mfn. perfect, complete, consummate, [R.] |
| niṣṭhāgata | निष्ठागत | ni-°ṣṭhā—gata mfn. gone to or attaining perfection |
| ni-°ṣṭhā—gata m. pl. a class of [Buddh.] deities, [Lalit.] |
| niṣṭhānaka | निष्ठानक | ni-°ṣṭhānaka w.r. for, ni-ṣṭānaka. |
| niṣṭhāśūnya | निष्ठाशून्य | ni-°ṣṭhā—śūnya mfn. devoid of firmness, unsteady, irresolute, [Mālatīm.] |