(cf. √ 2. tan) cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xiii, 18]) stanati (once in [BhP.] -stanase; in [RV.] 3. sg. and 2. Impv. stanihi; pf. tastāna, tastanuḥ Gr.; aor. astānīt, [AV.]; fut. stanitā, °niṣyati Gr.), to resound, reverberate, roar, thunder, [RV.] &c. &c.; to utter inarticulate sounds, [Vās.] : Caus. stanáyati (aor. atiṣṭanat) id. (stanayati, ‘it thunders’), [RV.] &c. &c.; crackle (as fire), [AitBr.] : Desid. tistaniṣati Gr.: Intens. taṃstanyate, taṃstanti, [ib.] (2. sg. Impv. taṃstanīhi See abhi-ṣṭan).
[cf. Gk. στένω; Slav. stenją; Angl.Sax. stunian; Germ. stöhnen.]