Supratishthita, Su-pratishthita, Supratiṣṭhita, Supratīṣṭhitā: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Supratiṣṭhita and Supratīṣṭhitā can be transliterated into English as Supratisthita or Supratishthita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Supratishthit.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Supratīṣṭhitā (सुप्रतीष्ठिता).—An Apsaras.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 6.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित) is the name of city located in Pratiṣṭhāna, where a Brāhman named Somaśarman lived, whose story is related in the ‘story of Guṇāḍhya’, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara chapter 6.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Supratiṣṭhita, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Biology (plants and animals)
Supratishthita in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Covellia glomerata Miq. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Numer. List (4549)
· London Journal of Botany (1848)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1798)
· Biotropica (2006)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1946)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Supratishthita, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित).—a.
1) well-established.
2) consecrated.
3) celebrated.
-taḥ the Udumbara tree.
Supratiṣṭhita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and pratiṣṭhita (प्रतिष्ठित).
Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित).—(1) name of a former Buddha: Mahāvastu iii.230.12 f.; (2) name of a devaputra, one of the 16 guardians of the bodhimaṇḍa: Lalitavistara 277.13 (text °sthita); (3) name of a yakṣa, companion of Chandaka: Mahāvastu ii.161.3; (4) name of a samādhi: Mahāvyutpatti 563; Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 1420.4; of a ‘bodhisattva- samādhi’, Mahāvyutpatti 738; Gaṇḍavyūha 122.16; (5) name of a nāga: Mahāvyutpatti [Page600-b+ 71] 3351; Mahā-Māyūrī 247.10; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.240.9 ff.; (6) name of a monk: Gaṇḍavyūha 67.18 ff.
Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Consecrated. 2. Celebrated. E. su, and pratiṣṭhā to consecrate, kta aff.
Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित).—= [preceding] [adjective]; well grounded or situated.
1) Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित):—[=su-pratiṣṭhita] [from su > su-pakva] mf(ā)n. (su-) standing firm, [Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra]
2) [v.s. ...] properly set up or established, [Hitopadeśa]
3) [v.s. ...] thoroughly implanted in ([locative case]), [ib.]
4) [v.s. ...] well consecrated, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] celebrated, [ib.]
6) [v.s. ...] faring well, [Rāmāyaṇa]
7) [v.s. ...] ‘well supported’, having beaut° legs, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
8) [v.s. ...] m. Ficus Glomerata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] a [particular] Samādhi, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
10) [v.s. ...] Name of a Deva-putra, [Lalita-vistara]
11) Supratiṣṭhitā (सुप्रतिष्ठिता):—[=su-pratiṣṭhitā] [from su-pratiṣṭhita > su > su-pakva] f. Name of an Apsaras, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
12) Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित):—[=su-pratiṣṭhita] [from su > su-pakva] n. Name of a town in Pratiṣṭhāna, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित):—[su-pratiṣṭhita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Consecrated; celebrated.
Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित):—
1) adj. a) dass. [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12, 1, 63.] Wagen [Mahābhārata 2, 2063.] Bäume [Spr. (II) 4762.] — b) gehörig aufgerichtet: aśmāpi yāti devatvaṃ mahadbhiḥ supratiṣṭhitaḥ [Spr. (II) 1782.] —
2) m. a) Ficus glomerata [Rājanirghaṇṭa 11, 129.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Devaputra [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 346, 10.] —
3) n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt in Pratiṣṭhāna [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 65. 6, 8. 112, 89.]
Supratiṣṭhita (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 善安住 [shàn ān zhù]: “well-situated”.
2) 善立 [shàn lì]: “skillfully establishes”.
Note: supratiṣṭhita can be alternatively written as: su-pratiṣṭhita.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित) [Also spelled supratishthit]:—(a) well-established; reputed, celebrated.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Supratiṣṭhita (ಸುಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತ):—[noun] a man who is respected in the society; an honourable man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Supratiṣṭhita (सुप्रतिष्ठित):—adj. very famous; celebrated; highly distinguished; renowned; eminent; famed;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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