sTitaka
sthitaka , once ( m.c. ) -āka , fem. °ikā ( Pali ṭhitaka, acc. to PTSD only in mg. 1), ( 1 ) standing ( opp. to sitting or lying), upright : bodhisattvamātā sthitikā eva bodhisattvaṃ saṃjaneti Mv ii.20.10 (prose), gives birth … only in standing posture ; of images, sthitakā(ḥ) Mmk 68.23 (prose); sthitako no niṣaṇṇaḥ 111.5 (prose); ( 2 ) standing in the sense of situated, located, abiding : padminīye sthitako Mv ii.448.18 (prose), standing (situated) in a pool : ākāśadhātu-sthitakam ( sc. cittaṃ bodhisattvasya) Dbh 11.24 (prose); ( 3 ) staying, remaining ( opp. to approaching or departing): tena bāhire nagarāto … sthitakena dūto preṣito Mv i.310.15 (prose), he, staying outside the city, sent a messenger ; dūrato sthitakā Mv iii.30.7 (prose), they ( n. pl. m. ) from afar, while staying (there, and not approaching the water); ( 4 ) lasting , = sthitika , q.v. , esp. cirasthitika : a-cira-sthitāka (ā for a m.c. , unless we should em. to -sthitīka, m.c. for sthitika!) Dbh.g. 11(347).1 , not long lasting ; perhaps here should be included, as fem. to sthitaka, sthitikā SP 53.7 , see s.v. sthitika .