स्थान

Definitions

• the act of standing, standing firmly, being fixed or stationary
• position or posture of the body (in shooting etc.)
• staying, abiding, being in or on (in locative or compound)
• storing-place or storage (of goods)
• firm bearing (of troops), sustaining a charge (as opposed to युद्ध (charging))
• state, condition (at the end of compound = "being in the state of")
• 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 instrumental)
• a state of perfect tranquility
• station, rank, office, appointment, dignity, degree
• place of standing or staying, any place, spot, locality, abode, dwelling, house, site
• place or room, stead
• (at the end of a compound) "taking the place of", "acting as", "representing" or "represented by"
• in Pāṇini's grammar the genitive case is often used alone, when the word sthāne has to be supplied:
• place for, receptacle of (+ genitive)
• proper or right place
• province, region, domain, sphere (of gods or virtuous men; said to be in one of three places, namely "earth" or "atmosphere" or "heaven"; according to some that of virtuous Brahmins is called प्राजापत्य (प्राजापत्य); of Kshatriyas, ऐन्द्र (ऐन्द्र); of Vaishyas, मारुत (मारुत); of Shudras, गान्धर्व (गान्धर्व))
• the main support or strength or chief constituent of a kingdom (said to be four, namely "army", "treasury", "city", "territory")
• a stronghold, fortress
• the place or organ of utterance of any sound (said to be 8 in number, namely कण्ठ (throat); तालु (palate); मूर्धन् (top of palate); दन्त (teeth); ओष्ठ (lips); कण्ठतालु (throat and palate); कण्ठोष्ठ (throat and lips); दन्तोष्ठ (teeth and lips); to which are added नासिका (nose), said to be the place of utterance of true anusvāra, and उरस् (chest), of visarga)
• any organ of sense (e.g. the eye)
• the pitch or key of the voice, note, tone (of which according to Rigveda-Pratishakhya there are three (see मन्द्र (मन्द्र)), or according to Taittirīya-Pratishakya, seven)
• shape, form, appearance (as of the moon)
• the part or character of an actor
• case, occurrence
• occasion, opportunity for (genitive or compound)
• cause or object of (genitive or compound)
• a section or division (e.g. of medicine)
• (astrology) a mansion or its subdivision
• = कार्योत्सर्ग (tr=kāryo-tsarga)
• an open place in a town, plain, square
• a holy place
• an altar
• name of a Gandharva king