sTalaM [ sTal-ac ] 1 Firm or dry ground, dry land, terra firma ( opp. jala ); Bo durAtman (samudra) dIyatAM wiwwiBAMqAni no cetsTalatAM tvAM nayAmi Pt. 1 ; pratasTe sTalavartmanA R. 4. 60 ; so sTalakamalinI or sTalavartman q. v. 2 Shore, strand, beach. 3 Ground, land, soil (in general). 4 Place, spot. 5 Field, tract, district. 6 Station. 7 A piece of raised ground, mound. 8 A topic, case, subject, the point under discussion; vivAda° , vicAra° &c. 9 A part (as of a book). 10 A tent. Comp. — aMtaraM another place. — ArUQa a. alighted on the ground. — araviMdaM, -kamalaM , — kamalinI a land-growing lotus; Me. 90 ; Ku. 1. 33. — kumudaH the Karavīra plant. — cara a. land-going, not aquatic. — cyuta a. fallen or removed from a place or position. — devatA a local or rural deity. — padminI the shrub Hibiscus Mutabilis . — mArgaH , — vartman n. a road by land; sTalavartnanA ‘by land’; R. 4. 60. — vigrahaH a battle on level ground. — SudDiH f. purification or clearance of a place from impurity. — sIman f. a landmark, boundary.