Titthati, Tiṭṭhati: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

tiṭṭhati : (ṭhā + a; ṭhā is changed to tiṭṭha) stands; stays; abides; lasts; remains. (comparative tiṭṭhatu has the meaning; leave it alone or let it be so).

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Tiṭṭhati, (Frequentative of Vedic sthā, stand (cp. sthāna, Lat. sto: see ṭhāna)=Av. hiśtaiti, Gr. i(ζthmi, Lat. sisto) to stand, etc.—I. Forms: pres. ind. tiṭṭhati (Sn. 333, 434; Pv. I, 51); imper. 2nd tiṭṭha, 3rd tiṭṭhatu; ppr. tiṭṭhaṃ, tiṭṭhanto, tiṭṭhamāna; pot. tiṭṭhe (Sn. 918, 968) & tiṭṭheyya (Sn. 942); fut. ṭhassati (J. I, 172, 217); aor. aṭṭhāsi (J. I, 279, pl. aṭṭhaṃsu J. II, 129) & aṭṭhā (cp. agā, orig. impf.) (Sn. 429; J. I, 188); inf. ṭhātuṃ (PvA. 174); ger. ṭhatvā (Sn. 887); grd. ṭhānīya (PvA. 72).—pp. ṭhita, Caus. ṭhapeti. An apparent Med. -Pass. ṭhīyati, as found in cpd. pati-ṭṭhīyati is to be explained as Med. of paṭi+sthyā (see thīna), and should be written paṭi-tthīyati. See under patiṭṭhīyati. See also ṭhāna & ṭhiti.—II. Meanings.—1. to stand, stand up, to be standing (see ṭhāna I. 1a): ṭhānakappana-vacanaṃ nisajjādi-paṭikkhepato PvA. 24; opp. to walking or lying down: tiṭṭhaṃ caraṃ nisinno vā Sn. 151, 193; tiṭṭhamānāya eva c’assā gabbhavuṭṭhānaṃ ahosi “she was delivered standing” J. I, 52; ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi PvA. 68, etc.; caṅkamana-koṭiyaṃ ṭhatvā PvA. 79.—2. to stop, stay, abide; to last, endure, be at rest; fig. to remain in, abide by, acquiesce in (see ṭhāna I. 1b). In imper. tiṭṭhatu it approaches the meanings of ṭhapeti viz. leave it alone, let it be so, all right. yāva kāyo ṭhassati tāva naṃ dakkhinti deva-manussā (as long as the body shall last) D. I, 46. tiṭṭhe shall he live on (cp. ṭhāna II. d Sn. 1053, 1072 =Nd2 283, tiṭṭheyya saṭṭhikappasahassāni to stay on indefinitely); tiṭṭheyya kappaṃ D. II, 103. tiṭṭhantī anto vimānasmiṃ “remaining inside the castle” Pv. I, 101; tiṭṭha tāva “stop please” J. II, 352; tiṭṭhabhadantika one who bids the guest stay (combined w. ehi-bh°) D. I, 166; M. I, 342; A. I, 295; II, 206: ovāde ṭhatvā (abiding by) J. I, 153; VI, 367; similarly J. VI, 336.—Imper. tiṭṭhatu J. IV, 40; Miln. 14; PvA. 74.—3. to live (on=Instr.), behave, exist, be (see ṭhāna I. 2); to be in a certain condition (gati, cp. ṭhāna II. (c)). Often periphrastically for finite verb (with ger. : cp. gata & ṭhita) tiṭṭhantam enaṃ jānāti (he knows their “gati”) Sn. 1114 (see Nd2 283); āhārena tiṭṭhati PvA. 27 (is supported by, cp. ṭhiti); yāvatāyukaṃ ṭhatvā (outliving their lives) PvA. 66; karuṇa-ṭhānīya (=*kāruṇayitabba) deserving pity PvA. 72; yā tvaṃ tiṭṭhasi (how you are or look!) Vv 441, etc.—with ger. : pharitvā aṭṭhāsi (pervaded) J. VI, 367; aṭṭhiṃ āhacca aṭṭhāsi (cut through to the bone) J. IV, 415; gehaṃ samparivāretvā aṭṭhaṃsu (encircled the house) PvA. 22. (Page 301)

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