upastf
upa-√ stf P. Ā. -stfRAti , -stfRIte ( Ā. 1. sg. -sti/re , RV. ii, 31, 5 ; inf. -sti/re , RV. v, 85, 1 , &c.; inf. used as Impv. -stfRiza/ni , RV. vi, 44, 6 [ cf. gfnIzaRi under √ 1. gF ]) to spread over, cover with, clothe, wrap up, RV. i, 162, 16 ; viii, 73, 3 ; ŚBr. xiii ; ŚāṅkhŚr. ; to spread out under, spread or lay under, scatter under, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. ; to scatter round, surround (the Āhavanīya and Gārhapatya fire with grass), TBr. iii, 7, 4, 18 ; TS. ; (at sacrifices) to pour out ( esp. clarified butter), pour out so as to form a lower layer or substratum, TS. ; AitBr. ; ŚBr. ; Kauś. ; Gobh. &c.