Stheya, Sthēya: 9 definitions
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Stheya means something in 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Stheya (स्थेय) refers “to be stationed”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.19 (“Kāma’s destruction by Śiva”).—Accordingly, as Śiva said to the Gods: “[...] After abducting the boy [Pradyumna], the great demon, Śambara, will throw him in the sea. The foolish fellow will take him for dead and will return to his city. O Rati, you shall stay [i.e., stheya] in his city till then. There alone you will get back your husband Pradyumna. Kāma in the name of Pradyumna will regain his wife after killing Śambara in a battle. O gods, he will be happy thereafter. After taking all the valuable properties of Śambara, O gods, he will go to the city again along with her. These words of mine are true”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
sthēya (स्थेय).—a S (Possible, purposed, necessary &c.) to be fixed or placed.
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
Stheya (स्थेय).—a. [sthā-karmaṇi yat] To be fixed or placed, to be settled or determined.
-yaḥ 1 A person chosen to settle a dispute (between two parties), an arbitrator, umpire, a judge; स्थेयाभ्यां गृध्रचक्राभ्यां वाचा संधिः कृतः क्षणात् (stheyābhyāṃ gṛdhracakrābhyāṃ vācā saṃdhiḥ kṛtaḥ kṣaṇāt) H.4.1.
2) A domestic priest.
Stheya (स्थेय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1. To be fixed or determined. 2. To be placed. m.
(-yaḥ) 1. A judge, on arbitrator, one who decides upon a dispute between two parties. 2. A domestic priest. E. ṣṭhā to stand, yat aff.
Stheya (स्थेय).—[neuter] imp. (it is) to be stood or remained, to be acted or behaved; [masculine] judge, umpire.
1) Stheya (स्थेय):—[from sthā] mf(ā)n. to be stationed or fixed or settled etc.
2) [v.s. ...] placed (as water in a jar), [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]
3) [v.s. ...] n. (it is) to be stood still, [Rāmāyaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] (it is) to be stood firm (in battle), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] (it is) to be stayed or remained in ([locative case]), [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] (attention) is to be fixed on ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
7) [v.s. ...] (it is) to be behaved or acted or proceeded (with [instrumental case] [indeclinable participle] or [adverb]), [Harivaṃśa; Bhartṛhari; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
8) [v.s. ...] m. a person chosen to settle a dispute between two parties, an arbitrator, umpire, judge, [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Hitopadeśa]
9) [v.s. ...] a domestic priest, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Stheya (स्थेय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. A judge; an arbitrator; a domestic priest. a. That should be placed, or determined.
Stheya (स्थेय):—(von 1. sthā)
1) partic. fut. pass. n. impers. a) stehen zu bleiben: aprāpte yojanaśate nāntarā (so ist zu schreiben) stheyam [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 7, 54.] zu stehen, Stand zu halten: ājau [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 18, 11.] — b) zu verweilen, zu bleiben: balinaḥ saṃnikarṣe tu na stheyaṃ paṇḍitena vai [Harivaṃśa 5278.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 8, 23.] iha mayā stheyaṃ kiyacciram [Kathāsaritsāgara 115, 81.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 106, 7.] muhūrtamapi na stheyamatra naḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 30, 5.] — c) zu verharren in, obzuliegen: śāsane sya priye caiva stheyaṃ matpriyakāṅkṣibhiḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 1470.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 24, 2.4, 38, 23.] mayā vaśe tava [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 62, 31.] — d) sich zu verhalten, benehmen; die Ergänzung α) ein adj. im instr.: na stheyamavaliptena tatra draṣṭrā satā tvayā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 66.] — β) ein absol.: bhavadbhiḥ sāvadhānībhūya stheyam [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 14, 572, 15.] — γ) ein adv.: vipadyuccaiḥ stheyam [Spr. (II) 4354.] katham [Harivaṃśa 14328.] ittham [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 34.] —
2) adj. in Verbindung mit āpas in einem Topf aufgestellt [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 13. fg.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 323.] —
3) m. a) Richter, Schiedsrichter [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 322.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 882] [?(Zeuge). Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 140. Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 388. Medinīkoṣa y. 62. Halāyudha 2, 274. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 23. Hitopadeśa IV, 1. Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 139. 6, 13. 25. 28. fg.] — b) Hauspriester [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — Vgl. duḥ, madhyama, su .
Stheya (स्थेय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Thea.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Steyam, Steyashastiram, Stheyamm, Stheyams, Stheyas.
Full-text (+6): Anushtheya, Stheyas, Upastheya, Astheya, Duhstheya, Prastheya, Madhyamastheya, Adhishtheya, Sustheya, Astheyas, Uccaihstheya, Steyam, Sammukhya, Stheyikar, Qu ze, Thea, Madhyamastha, Madhyameshtheya, Stheyikrita, Nibarhana.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.34 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
13. Civil administration < [Chapter 14 - Political data]
Political history of Kashmir (from A.D. 600–1200) (by Krishna Swaroop Saxena)
Part 7.1 - Terms related to important officers and offices of ancient Kashmir < [Chapter 15 - Administration]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 24 < [Volume 1, Part 3 (1905)]