Sampratishtha, Saṃpratiṣṭhā: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Saṃpratiṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Sampratistha or Sampratishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaṃpratiṣṭhā (संप्रतिष्ठा).—
1) Perseverance.
2) Continuance.
3) High rank.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃpratiṣṭhā (संप्रतिष्ठा).—[feminine] support, maintenance; perseverance, duration; rank, dignity.
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Saṃpratisthā (संप्रतिस्था).—apply to ([locative]).
Saṃpratisthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saṃprati and sthā (स्था).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sampratiṣṭhā (सम्प्रतिष्ठा):—[=sam-prati-ṣṭhā] a (√sthā) [Parasmaipada] -tiṣṭhati to stand firmly on, rely on ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata] :—[Causal] -ṣṭhāpayati, to enclose, confine (as cows), [Mahābhārata];
—to concentrate in ([locative case]), [Chāndogya-upaniṣad];
—to make firm, establish, [Mahābhārata];
—to found, introduce, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [=sam-pratiṣṭhā] [from samprati-ṣṭhā] b f. perseverance, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] permanence, continuance (as opp. to, ‘beginning’ or ‘end’), [Bhagavad-gītā]
4) [v.s. ...] high rank or position, [Mahābhārata]
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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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Partial matches: Stha, Pratishtha, Sam, Samprati.
Starts with: Sampratishthana.
Full-text: Sampratishthana, Sampratishthita.
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