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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

स्थैर्यम्sthairyamFirmness, stability, fixity, steadiness.
[स्थिरस्य भावः ष्यञ्]
1. Firmness, stability, fixity, steadiness.
2. Continuance.
3. Firmness of mind, resolution, constancy; अमानित्वं ...... स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः Bg. 13.7.
4. Patience.
5. Hardness, solidity.
6. Subduing the sense (जितेन्द्रियत्व); ततस्तस्य परिज्ञाय महास्थैर्य महामुनेः Rām.7.3.27.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ज Adjective see स्थावर; मानुषाः स्थैर्यजाश्चैव पृथग्भोगा विशेषतः Mb.13.117.18.
In the Gita13·8

आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः ॥

ācāryopāsanaṁ śaucaṁ sthairyamātmavinigrahaḥ. — A total absence of wordly pride and arrogance, harmlessness, a candid soul, a tolerant, long-suffering and benignant heart, purity of mind and body… 13·8
- स्थैर्यम्sthairyamnominative singular of the neuter noun sthairya (tranquil firmness and steadfastness).
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