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.]