sTitiH f. [ sTA-ktin ] 1 Standing, remaining, staying, abiding, living, stay, residence; sTitiM no re daDyAH kzaRamapi madAMDekzaRa saKe Bv. 1. 52 ; rakzogfhe sTitirmUlamagniSudDO tvaniScayaH U. 1. 6. 2 Stopping, standing still, ( pb ) continuance in one state; prasTitAyAM pratizWeTAH sTitAyAM sTitimAcareH R. 1. 89. 3 Remaining stationary, fixity, steadiness, firmness, steady application or devotion; mama BUyAt paramAtmani sTitiH Bv. 4. 23 ; Māl. 5. 22. 4 A state, position, situation, condition. 5 Natural state, nature, habit; aTa vA sTitiriyaM maMdamatInAM H. 4. 6 Stability, permanence, perpetuation, continuance; vaMSasTiteraDigamAnmahati pramode V. 5. 15 ; kanyAM kulaMsya sTitaye sTitijYaH Ku. 1. 18 R. 3. 27. 7 Correctness of conduct, steadfastness in the path of duty, decorum, duty, moral rectitude, propriety; R. 3. 27 , 11. 65 , 12. 31 ; Ku. 1. 18 ; Ś. 5. 10 , 8 Maintenance of discipline, establishment of good order (in astate); R. 1. 25. 9 Rank, dignity, high station or rank. 10 Maintenance, sustenance; Māl. 9. 32 , R. 5. 9. 11 Continuance in life, preservation (one of the three states of human beings); sargasTitipratyavahArehatuH R. 2. 44 ; Ku. 2. 6. 12 Cessation, pause, stop. 13 Wellbeing, welfare. 14 Consistency. 15 A settled rule, ordinance, decree, an axiom or maxim. 16 Settled determination. 17 Term, limit, boundary. 18 Inertia, resistance to motion. 19 Duration of an eclipse. 20 Regard, consideration, account; nAsAM ca vayasi sTitiH Pt. 1. 143. Comp. — padaM the proper basin (for flow), the right path; Mu. 3. 8. — sTApaka a. fixing in the original position, having the power of restoring to a previous state, having elastic properties. — (kaH) elasticity, capability of recovering the former position.