नि-ष्ठा a (
√ स्था;
aor. न्य्-अष्ठात्pf. नि-तस्थौ,
[Vop.] ) :
Caus. (
aor. न्य्-अतिष्ठिपत्) to fix in (
loc. ),
[ŚBr.] ;
to give forth, emit, yield,
[HPariś.] नि-°ष्ठा f. bf. (
ifc. f(आ). ) state, condition, position,
[Bhag.] firmness, steadiness, attachment, devotion, application, skill in, familiarity with, certain knowledge of (
loc. ),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] ;
[Pur.] decision about (
gen. ),
[Rājat.] decisive sentence, judgement,
[Gaut.] ;
[Āp.] completion, perfection, culminating or extreme point,
[Mn.] ;
[Āp.] ;
[MBh.] &c.
conclusion, end, termination, death (
ifc. ‘ending with’),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.
asking, begging,
[L.] trouble, distress,
[L.] त (in gram.)
N. of the
p.p. affixes and
तवत्(in
dram. ) the end or catastrophe,
[W.] नि-°ष्ठा mfn. c (
[Padap.] निः-ष्ठा)
mfn. excelling, eminent,
[RV.]