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Entry स्थली
स्थलीsthalī1 Dry ground, firm land.
1 Dry ground, firm land.
A natural spot of ground, ground or land (as of a forest); विललाप विकीर्ण- मूर्धजा समदुःखामिव कुर्वती स्थलीम् Ku.4.4; Ki.4.2.
A deity of the soil; (Equivalent toस्थलदेवताquod vide, which see).
Derived forms and compounds
-देवता a deity of the soil, a tutelary deity; पश्यन्तीनां न खलु बहुशो न स्थलीदेवतानां मुक्तास्थूलास्तरुकिसलयेष्वश्रुलेशाः पतन्ति Me.18.