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Word (IAST)	Word (Devanagari)	Overview
sthāna	स्थान	sthā́na n. (also said to be m., [Siddh.]) the act of standing, standing firmly, being fixed or stationary, [AV.] &c. &c.
		position or posture of the body (in shooting &c.), [R.]
		staying, abiding, being in or on (loc. or comp.), [Daś.]; [Kām.]; [Hariv.]; [Sāh.]
		storing-place or storage (of goods), [Mn. viii, 401]
		firm bearing (of troops), sustaining a charge (as opp. to yuddha, ‘charging’), [ib.] [vii, 190]
		state, condition (ifc. = ‘being in the state of’), [Up.]; [BhP.]
		continued existence, continuance in the same state (i.e. in a kind of neutral state unmarked by loss or gain), continuing as or as long as (with instr.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]
		a state of perfect tranquillity, [Sarvad.]
		station, rank, office, appointment, dignity, degree, [MaitrUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
		place of standing or staying, any place, spot, locality, abode, dwelling, house, site (sthāne sthāne or sthāne sthāneṣu, ‘in different places’, ‘here and there’), [RV.] &c. &c.
		place or room, stead (sthāne with gen. or ifc. ‘in place of’, ‘instead of’, ‘in lieu of’; ripu-sthāne-√ vṛt, ‘to act in the place of an enemy’; vilocana-sthāna-gata, ‘acting the part of eyes’; also ifc. = ‘taking the place of’, ‘acting as’, ‘representing’ or ‘represented by’ e.g. pitṛ-sth°, ‘acting as a father’ or ‘represented by a father’; iyaṅ-uvaṅ-sthāna, ‘represented by iy or uv’ [as ī and ū, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 4]]; in Pāṇini's grammar the gen. case is often used alone, when the word sthāne has to be supplied, e.g. hanter jaḥ, ‘ja is to be substituted in place of han’, [i, 1, 49]), [AitBr.]; [GṛŚrS.] &c.
		place for, receptacle of (gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
		proper or right place (sthāne, ‘in the right place or at the right time, seasonably, justly’), [PañcavBr.] &c. &c. (cf. g. svar-ādi)
		province, region, domain, sphere (of gods or virtuous men; said to be in one of three places, viz. ‘earth’ or ‘atmosphere’ or ‘heaven’; accord. to some that of virtuous Brāhmans is called Prājāpatya; of Kṣatriyas, Aindra; of Vaiśyas, Māruta; of Śūdras, Gāndharva), [Nir.]; [VarBṛS.]
		the main support or strength or chief constituent of a kingdom (said to be four, viz. ‘army’, ‘treasury’, ‘city’, ‘territory’), [Mn. vii, 56]
		a stronghold, fortress, [Pañcat.]
		the place or organ of utterance of any sound (said to be 8 in number, viz. kaṇṭha, ‘throat’; tālu, ‘palate’; mūrdhan, ‘top of palate’; danta, ‘teeth’; oṣṭha, ‘lips’; kaṇṭha-tālu, ‘throat and palate’; kaṇṭh'-oṣṭha, ‘throat and lips’; dant'-oṣṭha, ‘teeth and lips’; to which are added nāsikā, ‘nose’, said to be the place of utterance of true Anusvāra, and uras, ‘chest’, of Visarga), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 9], Sch.; [Prāt.]; [Sarvad.]
		any organ of sense (e.g. the eye), [BhP.]
		the pitch or key of the voice, note, tone (of which accord. to [RPrāt.], there are three [see mandra], or accord. to [TPrāt.], seven; vīnā cyutā sthānāt, ‘a lute out of tune’), [ŚrS.]; [Prāt.]; [MBh.] &c.
		shape, form, appearance (as of the moon), [VarBṛS.]
		the part or character of an actor, [MW.]
		case, occurrence (nedaṃ sthānaṃ vidyate, ‘this case does not occur’), [Yājñ.]; [Pañcat.]; [Vajracch.]
		occasion, opportunity for (gen. or comp.; °ne ind. ‘occasionally’), [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.
		cause or object of (gen. or comp., e.g. śulka-sthāna, ‘an object of toll’; pūjā- or mānya-sth°, ‘an object of honour’; also applied to persons; °ne ind. ‘because of’, ‘on account of’), [MBh.]; [Pañcat.]; [Kathās.]
		a section or division (e.g. of medicine), [Car.]; [Suśr.] &c.
		an astrol. mansion or its subdivision, [VarBṛS.]
		= kāryotsarga, [Śīl.]
		an open place in a town, plain, square, [W.]
		a holy place, [MW.]
		an altar, [ib.]
		N. of a Gandharva king, [R.]
		, sthānin, sthāpaka, °pana &c. See p. 1263.
sthānaka	स्थानक	m. N. of a man, [Rājat.]
		n. position, situation, rank, dignity, [MBh.]
		a place, spot, [Pañcat.]
		a city, town, [L.]
		attitude of the body (in shooting &c.), [Hcar.]; [Nalac.]
		a partic. point or situation in dramatic action, [Vikr. iv, 44]/[45] (others ‘a kind of posture’; but cf. patākā-sth°)
		a basin or trench dug for water at the root of a tree, [L.]
		a division or section (esp.) of the Kāṭhaka (accord. to some ‘a mode of recitation’)
		froth or bubbles on spirits or wine (prob. for sthāsaka), [L.]
sthānatā	स्थानता	sthāna—tā f. the state of being the receptacle of, possession of (gen.), [Naiṣ.]
sthānastha	स्थानस्थ	sthāna—stha mfn. abiding in one place, immovable, [VarBṛS.]
		staying at home, [L.]
sthānatas	स्थानतस्	sthāna—tas ind. according to place or station, [MW.]
		in regard to the place or organ of utterance, [ib.]
sthānatva	स्थानत्व	sthāna—tva (in eka-sthānatva, ‘the being pronounced with the same organ’) n., [TPrāt.], Sch.
sthānavat	स्थानवत्	sthāna—vat mfn. being in the right place, well-founded (as doubt), [Nyāyas.]
sthānavid	स्थानविद्	sthāna—vid mfn. knowing places, having local knowledge, [Kathās.]
sthānabhūmi	स्थानभूमि	sthāna—bhūmi f. a dwelling-place, mansion, [MW.]
sthānadātṛ	स्थानदातृ	sthāna—dātṛ mf(°trI)n. one who assigns a place to (gen.), [Pañcar.]
sthānamṛga	स्थानमृग	sthāna—mṛga m. N. of certain big animals (such as the turtle, crocodile, and Makara, supposed to frequent the same place), [L.]
sthānapāla	स्थानपाल	sthāna—pāla m. guardian of a place or region, [Yājñ.]; [R.]; [Rājat.]
		chief guardian, superintendent, [Hcar.]
		a keeper, watchman, policeman, [W.]
sthānapāta	स्थानपात	sthāna—pāta m. occupying (another's) place, [Nyāyam.]
sthānapata	स्थानपत	sthāna—pata mfn. (fr. next) g. aśvapaty-ādi.
sthānapati	स्थानपति	sthāna—pati m. lord of a place, (esp.) head of a monastery, [Inscr.]
sthānayoga	स्थानयोग	sthāna—yoga m. assignment of suitable places or application of the best modes for preserving articles, [Mn. ix, 332.]
sthānabhaṅga	स्थानभङ्ग	sthāna—bhaṅga m. ruin or fall of a place, [Pañcat.]
sthānacyuta	स्थानच्युत	sthāna—cyuta mfn. fallen or removed from any place or office &c., [GāruḍaP.]
sthānadīpta	स्थानदीप्त	sthāna—dīpta mfn. (in augury) inauspicious on account of situation (see dīpta), [VarBṛS.]
sthānasthāna	स्थानस्थान	sthāna—sthāna n. pl. every place (eṣu loc. pl. ‘everywhere’, ‘in every corner’; cf. sthāna, col. 1), [Kathās.]
sthānasthita	स्थानस्थित	sthāna—sthita mfn. standing in a (high) place, [Kāv.]
sthānatyāga	स्थानत्याग	sthāna—tyāga m. abandonment of a dwelling-place, [Cāṇ.]
		loss of rank or dignity, [VarBṛS.]
sthānayogin	स्थानयोगिन्	sthāna—yogin mfn. = sthāne-yoga (col. 3), [VPrāt.]
sthānabhraṃśa	स्थानभ्रंश	sthāna—bhraṃśa m. loss of place or station or rank, [VarBṛS.]; [Hit.]
sthānabhraṣṭa	स्थानभ्रष्ट	sthāna—bhraṣṭa mfn. = -cyuta, [ib.]
sthānaprāpti	स्थानप्राप्ति	sthāna—prāpti f. obtainment of a place or situation, [VarBṛS.]
sthānavibhāga	स्थानविभाग	sthāna—vibhāga m. assignment of place, [Bṛh.]
		(in alg.) subdivision of a number according to the position of its figures, [Col.]
sthānacañcalā	स्थानचञ्चला	sthāna—cañcalā f. Ocimum Pilosum, [L.]
sthānacintaka	स्थानचिन्तक	sthāna—cintaka m. one who provides quarters for an army, a kind of quartermaster, [Pañcat.]
sthānarakṣaka	स्थानरक्षक	sthāna—rakṣaka m. = sthāna-pāla, [MW.]
sthānamāhātmya	स्थानमाहात्म्य	sthāna—māhātmya n. the greatness or glory of any place, the divine virtue supposed to be inherent in any sacred spot, [MW.]
sthānapracyuta	स्थानप्रच्युत	sthāna—pracyuta mfn. = -cyuta, [R.]
sthānavīrāsana	स्थानवीरासन	sthāna—vīrāsana n. a partic. sedent posture, [SaṃhUp.]
sthānacaturvidhaśloka	स्थानचतुर्विधश्लोक	sthāna—caturvidha-śloka m. N. of wk.

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