sTAnaM [ sTA-lyuw ] 1 The act of standing or remaining, stay, continuance, residence; U. 3. 32. 2 Being fixed or stationary. 3 A state, condition. 4 A place, spot, site, locality; akzamAlAmadattvAsmAtsTAnAtpadAtpadamapi na gaMtavyaM K. 5 Station, situation, position. 6 Relation, capacity; pitfsTAne ‘in the place or capacity of a father’; BakzyasTAne Pt. 2. 26. 7 An abode, a house, dwelling-house; sa eva (nakraH) pracyutaH sTAnAcCunApi pariBUyate Pt. 3. 46. 8 ( a ) A country, region, district. ( b ) A town, city. 9 Office, rank, dignity; amAtyasTAne niyojitaH . 10 Object; guRAH pUjAsTAnaM guRizu na ca liMgaM na ca vayaH U. 4. 11. 11 An occasion, a matter, subject, cause; parAByUhasTAnAnyapi tanutarARi syagayati Māl. 1. 14 ; sTAnaM jarApariBavasya tadeva puMsAM Subhāṣ. ; so kalaha°, kopa°, vivAda° &c. 12 A fit or proper place; sTAnezveva niyojyaMte BftyAScABaraRAni ca Pt. 1. 72. 13 A fit or worthy object; sTAne Kalu sajjati dfzwiH M. 1 ; see sTAne also. 14 The place or organ of utterance of any letter, (these are eight: - azwO sTAnAni varRAnAmuraH kaMWaH SirastaTA . jihvAmUlaM ca daMtASca nAsikOzWO ca tAlu ca Śik. 13. ). 15 A holy place. 16 An altar. 17 Aplace in a town, square, court. 18 The place or ( pb ) sphere assigned after death to persons according as they perform or neglect their prescribed duties. 19 (In politics, war &c.) The firm attitude or bearing of troops, standing firm so as to repel a charge; Ms. 7. 190. 20 A halt. 21 A stationary condition, a neutral or middle state. 22 That which constitutes the chief strength or the very existence of a kingdom, a stamina of a kingdom; i. e. army, treasure, town, and territory; Ms. 7. 56 (where Kull. renders sTAnaM by daMqakozapurarAzwrAtmakaM caturviDaM ). 23 Likeness, resemblance. 24 Part or division of a work, section, chapter &c. 25 The character or part of an actor. 26 Interval, opportunity, leisure. 27 (In music) A note, tone, modulation of the voice. Comp. — aDyakzaH 1 a local governor. 2 the superintendent of a place. 3 a watchman. police-officer. — AsanaM n. du. standing and sitting down. — AseDaH confinement to a place, imprisonment, arrest; cf. AseDa . — ciMtakaH a kind of quarter-master. — cyuta see sTAnaBrazwa . — pAlaH a watchman, sentinel, policeman. — BUmi f. a dwelling-place, mansion. — Brazwa a. ejected from an office, displaced, dismissed, out of employ. — mAhAtmyaM 1 the greatness or glory of any place. 2 a kind of divine virtue or uncommon sanctity supposed to be inherent in a sacred spot. — yogaH assignment of proper places; dravyARAM sTAnayogAMSca krayavikrayameva ca Ms. 9. 332. — sTa a. being in one's abode, at home.