Abhisastha, Abhisa-stha, Abhisasthā: 1 definition

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhisasthā (अभिसस्था).—stand still or end with ([accusative]). [Causative] cause to stand still or to end with. — Cf. adhiṣṭhita, a/nuṣṭhita, anusaṃsthita, a/bhiṣṭhita, abhyutthita, abhyupasthita, avasthita, ā/sthita, u/tthita, u/pasthita, upā/sthita, niṣṭhita, ni/ḥṣṭhita (sic!), pariniṣṭita, pa/riṣṭhita, paristhita, paryavasthita ([additions]), paryupasthita, pra/tiṣṭhita, pratyupasthita, pra/sthita, protthita, vi/ṣṭhita, vyavasthita, vyutthita, sa/sthita, samavasthita, samāsthita, samutthita, samupasthita, saṃpratiṣṭhita.

Abhisasthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhisa and sthā (स्था).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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