The Sanskrit term Adhiṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Adhistha or Adhishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhiṣṭhā (अधिष्ठा).—1 P. (used with acc. P.I.4.46.)

1) (a) To stand on or upon, to sit in or upon, occupy (as a seat &c.), resort to; अर्धासनं गोत्रभिदोऽधितष्ठौ (ardhāsanaṃ gotrabhido'dhitaṣṭhau) R.6.73; शाखिनः केचिदध्यष्ठुः (śākhinaḥ kecidadhyaṣṭhuḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.31; प्रतनुबलान्यधितिष्ठतस्तपांसि (pratanubalānyadhitiṣṭhatastapāṃsi) Kirātārjunīya 1.16 practising; मामधिष्ठाय (māmadhiṣṭhāya) Rām. depending on me. (b) To stand, be; अध्यतिष्ठदङ्गुष्ठेन शतं समाः (adhyatiṣṭhadaṅguṣṭhena śataṃ samāḥ) Mb. (c) To stand over, mount. (d) To stand by, be near; आश्रमबहिर्वृक्षमू- लमधितिष्ठति (āśramabahirvṛkṣamū- lamadhitiṣṭhati) Uttararāmacarita 4.

2) To be in, dwell in, inhabit, reside, stay; भुजङ्गपिहितद्वारं पातालमधितिष्ठति (bhujaṅgapihitadvāraṃ pātālamadhitiṣṭhati) R.1.8; माधिष्ठा निर्जनं वनम् (mādhiṣṭhā nirjanaṃ vanam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.79; श्रीजयदेवभणितमधितिष्ठतु कण्ठतटीमविरतम् (śrījayadevabhaṇitamadhitiṣṭhatu kaṇṭhataṭīmaviratam) Git.11.

3) To make oneself master of, seize, take possession of, overpower, conquer; संग्रामे तानधिष्ठास्यन् (saṃgrāme tānadhiṣṭhāsyan) Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.72; त्वमधिष्ठास्यसि द्विषः (tvamadhiṣṭhāsyasi dviṣaḥ) 16.4; स सदा फलशालिनीं क्रियां शरदं लोक इवाधितिष्ठति (sa sadā phalaśālinīṃ kriyāṃ śaradaṃ loka ivādhitiṣṭhati) Kirātārjunīya 2.31 obtains; अधितिष्ठति लोकमोजसा स विवस्वानिव मेदिनी- पतिः (adhitiṣṭhati lokamojasā sa vivasvāniva medinī- patiḥ) 2.38; यक्षः कुतश्चिदधिष्ठाय बालचन्द्रिकां निवसति (yakṣaḥ kutaścidadhiṣṭhāya bālacandrikāṃ nivasati) Daśakumāracarita 18.

4) (a) To lead, conduct as head or chief; महाराज- दशरथस्य दारानधिष्ठाय वसिष्ठः प्राप्तः (mahārāja- daśarathasya dārānadhiṣṭhāya vasiṣṭhaḥ prāptaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 4, See अधिष्ठित (adhiṣṭhita) also. (b) To be at the head of, govern, direct, preside over, rule, superintend; प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय (prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 4.6 governing, controlling; श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च । अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते (śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇameva ca | adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṃ viṣayānupasevate) 15.9 presiding over and thus turning to use.

5) To use, employ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Adhiṣṭha (अधिष्ठ).—f. °ṣṭhā, resident, permanently abiding: devate adhiṣṭhā bhava, ihaiva tiṣṭheti Divyāvadāna 578.8. [In Lalitavistara 442.21 (prose) Lefm. adhiṣṭhamāno, which is impossible; v.l. atiṣṭhamāno, not stopping, which is certainly right.]

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

Adhisthā (अधिस्था).—stand upon, mount, ascend; stay, abide, be fixed or situated in ([locative] or [accusative]); be founded or based upon ([locative]); use, employ, show, betray; also = [preceding] samadhi direct, guide, rule, manage, carry on.

Adhisthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhi and sthā (स्था).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Adhiṣṭhā (अधिष्ठा):—[=adhi-ṣṭhā] (√sthā) to stand upon, depend upon;

—to inhabit, abide;

—to stand over;

—to superintend, govern;

—to step over or across;

—to overcome; to ascend, mount;

—to attain, arrive at.

2) [from adhi-ṣṭhā] (√sthā; [Parasmaipada] -tiṣṭhati), to bless (?), [Divyāvadāna]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Adhiṣṭhā (अधिष्ठा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ahiṭṭha, Ahiṭṭhā.

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Partial matches: Stha, Adhi.

Starts with (+5): Adhishthahati, Adhishthaka, Adhishthan, Adhishthana, Adhishthanadeha, Adhishthanadhikarana, Adhishthanadhishthita, Adhishthanagattu, Adhishthanagol, Adhishthanaka, Adhishthanamgattu, Adhishthanasharira, Adhishthanasutra, Adhishthanavant, Adhishthanem, Adhishthanika, Adhishthapana, Adhishthata, Adhishthatar, Adhishthatri.

Ends with: Anavadhishtha, Dradhishtha, Kradhishtha, Parivradhishtha, Sadhishtha, Samadhistha, Vyadhishtha.

Full-text: Ahittha, Adhishthana, Adhishthatri, Adhitishthati, Adhishthayaka, Adhishtheya, Adhishthita, Adhishthanadeha, Adhishthanasharira, Atishti, Samadhistha, Shayya, Adhitthana, Adhitthati, Alambana.

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