As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sthā (or ṣṭhā), (nom. sthās) standing, stationary (often ifc. = ‘standing, being, existing in or on or among’, cf. agni-ṣṭhā, ṛta-sthā &c.)
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
ṣṭhā See √ sthā.
2. sthā (or ṣṭhā), mfn. (nom. m. n. sthās) standing, stationary (often ifc. = ‘standing, being, existing in or on or among’, cf. agni-ṣṭhā, ṛta-sthā &c.), RV.; PañcavBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
ṣṭhā r. 1st cl. (tiṣṭhati) 1 To stand, to stop, to be still, to refrain from moving. 2 To abide, to stay, to be. (tiṣṭhate) 1 To apply or refer to, as an umpire or judge. 2 To indicate or reveal one's thoughts to another. With adhi prefixed, (adhitiṣṭhati) 1 To excel, to surpass, to overcome. 2 To sit or stand upon or over. 3 To be placed or preside over. With anu (anutiṣṭhati) 1 To practise as a duty, to obey or follow as a law. 2 To apply or adhere to. With ava (avatiṣṭhati-te) 1 To stay or stand. 2 To attend upon. With āṅ (ātiṣṭhate) 1 To affirm or assert. 2 To apply; (ātiṣṭhati) 1 To ascend, to mount. 2 To promise or engage. With ut (uttiṣṭhate) 1 To seek for, to endeavour to obtain; (uttiṣṭhati) To get up, to rise as from a seat, &c. With upa (upatiṣṭhati-te) 1 To propitiate (as a deity.) 2 To praise or hymn, to worship, to adore. 3 To embrace. 4 To treat in a friendly manner, to form a friendship or connexion with. 5 To pass or lie along or near to, that is, as a path or road. 6 To arrive at or near; (upatiṣṭhate) To hope to gain or acquire. With ni (nitiṣṭhate) To be established. With pari and ava (paryyavatiṣṭhate) To be stationary or immovable. With pra (pratiṣṭhate) 1 To set off, to go forth, to depart. 2 To go to. With pra and ut (prottiṣṭhati) To get up, to rise. With prati, (pratitiṣṭhati) To be erected for holy purposes, to be sacred or consecrated. With vi (vitiṣṭhate) 1 To stand apart, to be separated. 2 To stay or be. With vi and ava (vyavatiṣṭhate) To decree, to pronounce. With sam (santiṣṭhate) 1 To be well. 2 To be close to or together. 3 To be of the same inclinations or opinions, to conform, to agree. 4 To be completed or finished. With sama and āṅ (samātiṣṭhate) To perform, to be engaged in. With sama and ut (samuttiṣṭhati) To rise or get up. With sama and pra, To go forth or on a journey. With pra in the causal (prasthāpayati) To send.
Caveats
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