निष्ठniṣṭhaa.Being in or on, situated on; तन्निष्ठे फेने.
[नि-स्था-क षत्वटुत्वे] (Usually at the end of comp.)
- Being in or on, situated on; तन्निष्ठे फेने.
- Depending or resting on, referring or relating to; तमोनिष्ठाः Ms.12.95.
- Devoted or attached to, practising, intent on; सत्यनिष्ठ.
- Skilled in.
- Believing in; धर्मनिष्ठ.
- Conducive to, effecting; हेमाम्भोज स्रजस्ते विशद सुमहते प्लोषपोषाय निष्ठाः B. R.5.51.
Derived forms and compounds
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- Position, condition, state; तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण Bg.17.1; तेषामशान्तकामानां का निष्ठाऽविजितात्मनाम् Bhāg.11.5.1.
- Basis, foundation.
- Fixity, fixedness, steadiness; मनो निष्ठाशून्यं भ्रमति च किमप्यालिखति च Māl.1.31;
- Devotion or application, close attachment.
- Belief, firm adherence, faith; शास्त्रेषु निष्ठा Māl.3.11; लोकेऽस्मिन् द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयाऽनघ Bg.3.3.
- Excellence, skill, proficiency, perfection.
- Conclusion, end, termination; (शृणु) चरितं पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य यथा निष्ठां गतश्च सः Mb.1.49.6; अत्यारूढि- र्भवति महतामप्यपभ्रंशनिष्ठा Ś.4.3. (Vartious reading).
- The catastrophe or end of a drama.
- Accomplishment, completion (समाप्ति); पाणिग्रहणिका मन्त्रा नियतं दारलक्षणम् । तेषां निष्ठा तु विज्ञेया विद्वद्भिः सप्तमे पदे ॥ Ms.8.227.
- The culminating point; इयं च निष्ठा नियतं प्रजानाम् Bu. Ch.3.61.
- Death, destruction, disappearance from the world at the fixed time.
- Fixed or certain knowledge, certainty.
- Begging.
- Suffering, trouble, distress, anxiety.
- (In Grammar) A technical term for the past participial terminations क्त, क्तवतु (id est, that is त and तवत.)
- Name of Viṣṇu.