स्था

See also: साथ and साथी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬲ᭄ᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
স্থা (Assamese script)
স্থা (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰿𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑁆𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
સ્થા (Gujarati script)
ਸੑਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦱ꧀ꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
ស្ថា (Khmer script)
ಸ್ಥಾ (Kannada script)
ສ຺ຖາ (Lao script)
സ്ഥാ (Malayalam script)
𑘭𑘿𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠰᠲᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᠰᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
သ္ထာ (Burmese script)
𑧍𑧠𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑂𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
ସ୍ଥା (Oriya script)
ꢱ꣄ꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑇀𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖿𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
ස්ථා (Sinhalese script)
స్థా (Telugu script)
สฺถา (Thai script)
སྠཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓂𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *staH-, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Cognates include Polish stać (literally, “to stand”), Russian стать (statʹ), Bulgarian ста́на (stána) (literally, “to stand”, compare with the Polish word), Latin stō, Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), Old English standan (English stand).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /stʰɑː/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ʰɑː/

Root

स्था • (sthā)

to stand, station oneself, take up a position on
to stay, remain, continue in any condition or action
to continue to be or exist, to endure, last.
to stand still, stay quiet, remain stationary, stop, halt, wait, tarry, linger, hesitate
to desist or cease from
to cause to stand still, stop, arrest, check, hold, keep in, restrain
to place aside, keep, save, preserve

Derived terms

तिष्ठति (tíṣṭhati, “to stand”)
स्थल् (sthal, “to stand firm”)
स्थाणु (sthāṇu, “standing firmly”)
स्थान (sthā́na, “standing, posture”)
स्थापन (sthāpana, “causing to stand”)
स्थित (sthita, “firm, standing”)
स्थैर्य (sthairya, “stability”)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “स्था”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1262.

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