India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Sthitaka.—(EI 11), perpetual grant. Note: sthitaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Sthitaka (स्थितक).—once (m.c.) -āka, fem. °ikā (Pali ṭhitaka, according to [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] only in meaning 1), (1) standing (opp. to sitting or lying), upright: bodhisattvamātā sthitikā eva bodhi- sattvaṃ saṃjaneti Mahāvastu ii.20.10 (prose), gives birth…only in standing posture; of images, sthitakā(ḥ) (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 68.23 (prose); sthitako no niṣaṇṇaḥ 111.5 (prose); (2) standing in the sense of situated, located, abiding: padminīye sthitako Mahāvastu ii.448.18 (prose), standing (situated) in a pool: ākāśa- dhātu-sthitakam (sc. cittaṃ bodhisattvasya) Daśabhūmikasūtra 11.24 (prose); (3) staying, remaining (opp. to approaching or departing): tena bāhire nagarāto…sthitakena dūto preṣito Mahāvastu i.310.15 (prose), he, staying outside the city, sent a messenger; dūrato sthitakā Mahāvastu iii.30.7 (prose), they (n. pl. m.) from afar, while staying (there, and not approach- ing the water); (4) lasting, = sthitika, q.v., especially cira- sthitika: a-cira-sthitāka (ā for a m.c., unless we should em. to -sthitīka, m.c. for sthitika!) Daśabhūmikasūtra.g. 11(347).1, not long lasting; perhaps here should be included, as fem. to sthitaka, sthitikā Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 53.7, see s.v. sthitika.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Sthitakampya.

Ends with: Avasthitaka, Samsthitaka.

Full-text: Acirasthitikata, Sthitika, Cirasthitika.

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