sTAyin a. [ sTA-Rini ] 1 Standing, staying, being situated (at the end of comp. ). 2 Enduring, continuing, lasting, abiding; SarIraM kzaRaviDvaMsi kalpAMtasTAyino guRAH Subhāṣ. ; katipayadivasasTAyinI yOvanaSrIH Bh. 2. 82 ; Mv. 7. 15. 3 Living, dwelling, remaining; Me. 23. 4 Permanent, firm, steady, invariable, unchangeable. — m. A lasting or permanent feeling; (see sTAyiBAva below); Śi. 2. 87. — n. Anything lasting, a permanent state or condition. Comp. — BAvaH a fixed or permanent condition of mind, a lasting or permanent feeling; (these feelings being said to give rise to the different rasas or sentiments in poetry, each rasa having its own Sthāyibhāva); they are eight or nine; ratirhAsaSca SokaSca kroDotsAhO BayaM taTA . jugupsA vismayaScetTamazwO proktaH Samo'pi ca S. D. 206 ; cf. vyaBicAriBAva, BAva, viBAva also.