Sthapya, Sthāpya: 13 definitions
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Sthapya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य) refers to “placing”, according to the Guhyasūtra chapter 3.—Accordingly, “[...] If one torments the body with rain, cold and heat, …, devoted to recitation (japarata) and meditation, this is called the Great Observance. A woman skilled in the pleasures of love-making, endowed with beauty and youth; such a woman one should procure, holding one’s senses back from the objects of the senses, and one should kiss and embrace [her], placing (sthāpya) the penis upon her sex while remaining focussed upon recitation and meditation—one performs [thus] the Sword-Blade Observance. If one should succumb to the control of desire, then one certainly falls into hell. [...]”.
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य) refers to “being installed” (in heaven), according to the Śivadharmottara: an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with the merit generated by ritual action and methods for attaining rewards after death.—Accordingly, “If [the king] performs this rite [of worshipping the Liṅga] with its six factors Śiva will show his favour. In both this world and the next he will grant all his desires. So a king who is a devotee of Śiva should worship him in this way. If he does so he will rescue twenty-one generations of his patriline. He will install (sthāpya) them in heaven and then go on himself to the eternal domain of Īśvara...”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य) refers to “having established” (buildings), according to the Devyāmata (chapter 105).—Accordingly, [trees for the surrounding gardens]—“[...] As before, the surrounding wall should be made straight, well erected and level. My dear, having established (sthāpya) the subsidiary shrines beyond the wall, everything should be made thus, complete, and in due sequence. Beyond the residence, it is surrounded by a garden and has a surrounding wall. Everything to be done has been altogether declared. Thus ends the chapter on the residence”.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य) refers to the “placement (of jars)” (suitable for an offering ceremony), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [as the Bhagavān taught the detailed offering-manual], “[...] Four Nāga kings should be prepared in the middle of the ditch. [...] Various offerings should be arranged. Fruits should be scattered. Four filled jars should be placed (sthāpya). Four pots filled with offerings should be placed. Four ladles with frankincense and bdellium incense should be burnt. Eight lamps should be lit. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
sthāpya (स्थाप्य).—a S (Possible, purposed, necessary &c.) to be placed, set, laid, fixed &c. See the noun.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य).—a.
1) To be placed or deposited.
2) To be founded, fixed or established.
3) To be appointed or installed.
4) To be shut up, confined in.
5) To be plunged (in grief &c.).
6) To be checked, restrained.
-pyam A pledge, deposit.
-pyaḥ the image of a god.
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य) or Sthāpetvā.—see sthāpayitvā.
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य).—f.
(-pyā) 1. To be placed or deposited. 2. To be fixed or established. n.
(-pyaṃ) A deposit, a pledge.
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य).—[adjective] to be established, fixed, placed in ([locative] or [accusative]), kept, confined, restrained.
1) Sthāpya (स्थाप्य):—[from sthā] mfn. to be set up or erected (as an image), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] to be placed in or on ([locative case]), [Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] to be installed in or appointed to (an office), [Rāmāyaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] to be shut up or confined in ([locative case]), [Kathāsaritsāgara]
5) [v.s. ...] to be kept (veśmani, ‘in the house’ id est. ‘as a domestic animal’), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
6) [v.s. ...] to be kept to (one’s duty [locative case]), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
7) [v.s. ...] to be plunged in (grief etc. [accusative]), [Kathāsaritsāgara]
8) [v.s. ...] to be kept in order or curbed or checked or restrained, [Mahābhārata]
9) [v.s. ...] m. ([probably]) the image of a god, [Pañcarātra]
10) [v.s. ...] m. or n. a deposit, pledge (= nikṣepa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य):—
1) adj. = sthāpanīya . a) aufzustellen, aufzurichten: pratimā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 59, 7.] hinzustellen: carmaṇyānaḍuhe bhadrāsanam [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 278.] jalamekāhamākāśe kṣīraṃ ca mṛnmaye [3, 17.] sādināmantare pādātam [Mahābhārata 12, 3672.] tvayā tarurnandane [Harivaṃśa 7655.] bharato nṛpamate (so zu schreiben) pade [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 52, 31.] daityendraḥ śvetaśailaguhāntare einzusperren [Kathāsaritsāgara 118, 93.] purasyābhyantare tasya manaḥ sthāpyaṃ na vāhyataḥ [Mahābhārata 14, 565.] chāgā veśmani im Hause zu halten (d. i. als Hausvieh zu halten) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 65, 1.] — b) festzuhalten in, anzuhalten zu: rājñā varṇāḥ svakarmasu [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 28, 36.] dharme prajāḥ [125, 56.] — c) zu versetzen in (acc.): duḥkham [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 27.] duḥsthitim (so ist wohl zu lesen) [40, 108.] — d) fest —, im Zaum zu halten: dasyujīvinaḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 2431.] —
2) vielleicht Götterbild (was aufgerichtet wird): svahārin [PAÑCAR. 1, 6, 47.]
Sthāpya (स्थाप्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṭhappa.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Sthāpya (ಸ್ಥಾಪ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] that is to be kept, placed, deposited.
2) [adjective] that is to be established, installed.
3) [adjective] that is to be regulated, kept in order.
4) [adjective] that is to be concealed, hidden.
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Sthāpya (ಸ್ಥಾಪ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] something deposited; a deposit or treasure.
2) [noun] the act of joining, associating two or more things together.
3) [noun] the act of installing an idol of a deity in a religious manner.
4) [noun] that which is established, installed, firmly placed.
5) [noun] a heavy object, usu. a shaped iron weight with flukes, lowered by cable or chain to the bottom of a body of water to keep a vessel from drifting; an anchor.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Sthapyaharana, Sthapyapaharana.
Full-text (+5): Samsthapya, Upasthapya, Prasthapya, Pratishthapya, Sthapyapaharana, Asthapya, Sthapetva, Sthapyaharana, Anaduha, Thappa, Kandarpashrinkhala, Samapada, Tul, Shollaka, Parisravana, Punyaka, An xin, Agrahara, Avannata, Parishtha.
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Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Page 127 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Page 116 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Page 163 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Brahmasphutasiddhanta by Brahmagupta (Introduction) (by Acharyavara Ram Swarup Sharma)
Part 18 - Brahmagupta's Rules Concerning Indeterminate Analysis of the First Degree < [Chapter 10 - Brahmagupta as an Algebraist]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.22.14 < [Chapter 22 - Nanda and the Gopas See the Realm of Vaikuntha]
Verse 1.1.11 < [Chapter 1 - Description of Śrī-Kṛṣṇa’s Glories]
Verse 5.6.2 < [Chapter 6 - Seeing Śrī Mathurā]
Ganita-sara-sangraha by Mahavira-Acharya (by M. Rangacharya)
Chapter 6 - Pascamah misraka vyavaharah < [Part 2 - Sanskrit text]
Chapter 2 - Prathamah parikarmavyavaharah < [Part 2 - Sanskrit text]
Chapter 7 - Sasthah ksetraganitavyavaharah < [Part 2 - Sanskrit text]
Svalpa Matsya-purana (part 5) < [Purana, Volume 10, Part 2 (1968)]
Three Ancient Famous Temples of the Sun < [Purana, Volume 8, Part 1 (1966)]
Svalpa Matsya-purana (part 4) < [Purana, Volume 10, Part 1 (1968)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)