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sthāṇu

sthāṇú mfn. (accord. to some for sthalnu) standing firmly, stationary, firm, fixed, immovable, motionless, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

sthāṇú m. (or n. g. ardharcādi) a stump, stem, trunk, stake, post, pile, pillar (also as symbol of motionlessness), [RV.] &c. &c.

sthāṇú m. a kind of spear or dart, [L.]

a partic. part of a plough, [Kṛṣis.]

the gnomon of a dial, [MW.]

a partic. perfume (= jīvaka), [L.]

a nest of white ants, [W.]

N. of Śiva (who is supposed to remain as motionless as the trunk of a tree during his austerities), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. ([RTL. 63])

of one of the 11 Rudras, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]

of a Prajā-pati, [R.]

of a serpent-demon, [RāmatUp.]

of a Rākṣasa, [TāṇḍBr.]

sthāṇú n. anything stationary or fixed, [MBh.] &c.

a partic. posture in sitting, [Cat.]