प्रतिष्ठ

{ pratiṣṭha }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रति-°ष्ठ  mfn.  mf( आ)n. standing firmly, steadfast, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]

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प्रति °ष्ठ

resisting, [Kauś.]
( ifc.) ending with, leading to, [Jātakam.]
famous, [W.]
प्रति-°ष्ठ  m.  m. N. of the father of सु-पार्श्व (who was 7th अर्हत् of present अवसर्पिणी), [L.]

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प्रति-°ष्ठ  n.  n. point of support, centre or base of anything, [RV. x, 73, 6] ( प्रतिष्ठा॑हृद्या जघन्थ, ‘thou hast stricken to the quick’; प्रतिष्ठा may also be acc. pl. of next).

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रतिष्ठ [pratiṣṭha]   a.
Famous.
Standing firmly (Ved.)

Shabda-Sagara

प्रतिष्ठ  mfn.  ( -ष्ठः-ष्ठा-ष्ठं) Famous.
 f.  ( -ष्ठा)
1. Fame, celebrity.
2. The earth.
3. The accomplishment of a religious ceremony or any set of rites, especially those instituted for the attainment of super- natural and magical powers.
4. A form of metre, consisting of a stanza of four lines, of four syllables each: it is also applied to a form of the Gāyatrī, being a triplet of 8, 7, and 6 syllable lines, making altogether 21 syllables.
5. Place, scite.
6. Staying, stand- ing, fixation.
7. Limit, boundary.
8. Accomplishment, completion, (in general.)
9. Consecration of a monument erected in honour of a deity, or of the image of a deity.
10. Endowment of a temple, portioning or marrying a daughter, &c.
11. Fixity, Strength, firm foundation
12. Prop, support, Stay.
13. Rest, tranquility.
14. A receptacle.
15. High authority, par-eminence.
 m.  ( -ष्ठः) The father of SUPĀRSWA, the seventh Jaina pontiff.
E. प्रति before, स्था to stay or stand, affs. अङ् and टाप् .

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प्रति स्था अङ् टाप् .