upa-√ sthā P. Ā. -tiṣṭhati, -te (irr. aor. Pot. 3. pl. -stheṣus, [AV. xvi, 4, 7]) to stand or place one's self near, be present (Ā. if no object follows, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 26]); to stand by the side of, place one's self near, expose one's self to (with loc. or acc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Gobh.]; [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.; to place one's self before (in order to ask), approach, apply to, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to come together or meet with, become friendly with, conciliate (only Ā. Vārtt. on [Pāṇ. i, 3, 25]); to lead towards (as a way, only Ā. [ib.]); to go or betake one's self to, [Pañcat.]; [R.]; to stand near in order to serve, attend, serve, [MBh.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to attend on, worship (only Ā. [Kāty.] on [Pāṇ. i, 3, 25], e.g. arkam upatiṣṭhate, he worships the sun; but arkam upatiṣṭhati, he exposes himself to the sun, [Pat.]), [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to serve with, be of service or serviceable by, attend on with prayers (e.g. aindryā gārhapatyam upatiṣṭhate, he attends on the Gārhapatya with a Ṛc addressed to Indra; but bhartāraṃ upatiṣṭhati yauvanena, (she) attends on her husband with youthfulness, [Kāś.]), [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Daś.] &c.; to stand under (in order to support), approach for assistance, be near at hand or at the disposal of [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [MBh.]; [Śak.] &c.; to fall to one's share, come to the possession of [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to rise against, [RV. vii, 83]; to start, set out, [Hariv.]; [Daś.] : Caus. -sthāpayati, to cause to stand by the side of, place before, cause to lie down by the side of (e.g. a woman), [AitBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.] &c.; to cause to come near, bring near, procure, fetch, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Śak.] &c.; (in Gr.) to add iti after a word (in the Pada-pāṭha), [RPrāt. 842] (cf. upasthita).