Sthapya, ³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Sthapya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Brill: Åšaivism and the Tantric Traditions³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�) refers to “placingâ€�, according to the GuhyasÅ«tra chapter 3.—Accordingly, “[...] If one torments the body with rain, cold and heat, â€�, devoted to recitation (japarata) and meditation, this is called the Great Observance. A woman skilled in the pleasures of love-making, endowed with beauty and youth; such a woman one should procure, holding one’s senses back from the objects of the senses, and one should kiss and embrace [her], placing (²õ³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹) the penis upon her sex while remaining focussed upon recitation and meditation—one performs [thus] the Sword-Blade Observance. If one should succumb to the control of desire, then one certainly falls into hell. [...]â€�.
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Shaivism)³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�) refers to “being installedâ€� (in heaven), according to the Åšivadharmottara: an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with the merit generated by ritual action and methods for attaining rewards after death.—Accordingly, “If [the king] performs this rite [of worshipping the Liá¹…ga] with its six factors Åšiva will show his favour. In both this world and the next he will grant all his desires. So a king who is a devotee of Åšiva should worship him in this way. If he does so he will rescue twenty-one generations of his patriline. He will install (²õ³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹) them in heaven and then go on himself to the eternal domain of Īśvara...â€�.

Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Vastushastra (architecture)
: Brill: Åšaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�) refers to “having establishedâ€� (buildings), according to the DevyÄmata (chapter 105).—Accordingly, [trees for the surrounding gardens]—“[...] As before, the surrounding wall should be made straight, well erected and level. My dear, having established (²õ³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹) the subsidiary shrines beyond the wall, everything should be made thus, complete, and in due sequence. Beyond the residence, it is surrounded by a garden and has a surrounding wall. Everything to be done has been altogether declared. Thus ends the chapter on the residenceâ€�.

Vastushastra (वासà¥à¤¤à¥à¤¶à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤�, vÄstuÅ›Ästra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�) refers to the “placement (of jars)â€� (suitable for an offering ceremony), according to the ³Õ²¹Âá°ù²¹³Ù³ÜṇḲ¹²õ²¹³¾²¹²â²¹°ì²¹±ô±è²¹°ùÄåÂá²¹, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [as the BhagavÄn taught the detailed offering-manual], “[...] Four NÄga kings should be prepared in the middle of the ditch. [...] Various offerings should be arranged. Fruits should be scattered. Four filled jars should be placed (²õ³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹). Four pots filled with offerings should be placed. Four ladles with frankincense and bdellium incense should be burnt. Eight lamps should be lit. [...]â€�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahÄyÄna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ²õÅ«³Ù°ù²¹²õ of which some of the earliest are the various PrajñÄpÄramitÄ ²õÅ«³Ù°ù²¹²õ.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary²õ³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�).—a S (Possible, purposed, necessary &c.) to be placed, set, laid, fixed &c. See the noun.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�).â€�a.
1) To be placed or deposited.
2) To be founded, fixed or established.
3) To be appointed or installed.
4) To be shut up, confined in.
5) To be plunged (in grief &c.).
6) To be checked, restrained.
-pyam A pledge, deposit.
-±è²â²¹á¸� the image of a god.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�) or SthÄpetvÄ.—see ²õ³Ù³óÄåpayitvÄ.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�).—f.
(-±è²âÄå) 1. To be placed or deposited. 2. To be fixed or established. n.
(-±è²â²¹á¹�) A deposit, a pledge.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�).—[adjective] to be established, fixed, placed in ([locative] or [accusative]), kept, confined, restrained.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�):—[from ²õ³Ù³óÄå] mfn. to be set up or erected (as an image), [VarÄha-mihira’s Bá¹›hat-saṃhitÄ]
2) [v.s. ...] to be placed in or on ([locative case]), [YÄjñavalkya; MahÄbhÄrata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] to be installed in or appointed to (an office), [RÄmÄyaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] to be shut up or confined in ([locative case]), [KathÄsaritsÄgara]
5) [v.s. ...] to be kept (±¹±ðÅ›³¾²¹²Ô¾±, ‘in the houseâ€� id est. ‘as a domestic animalâ€�), [VarÄha-mihira’s Bá¹›hat-saṃhitÄ]
6) [v.s. ...] to be kept to (one’s duty [locative case]), [MÄrkaṇá¸eya-purÄṇa]
7) [v.s. ...] to be plunged in (grief etc. [accusative]), [KathÄsaritsÄgara]
8) [v.s. ...] to be kept in order or curbed or checked or restrained, [MahÄbhÄrata]
9) [v.s. ...] m. ([probably]) the image of a god, [PañcarÄtra]
10) [v.s. ...] m. or n. a deposit, pledge (= ²Ô¾±°ìá¹£e±è²¹), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halÄyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (सà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṭh²¹±è±è²¹.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (ಸà³à²¥à²¾à²ªà³à²�):â€�
1) [adjective] that is to be kept, placed, deposited.
2) [adjective] that is to be established, installed.
3) [adjective] that is to be regulated, kept in order.
4) [adjective] that is to be concealed, hidden.
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³§³Ù³óÄå±è²â²¹ (ಸà³à²¥à²¾à²ªà³à²�):â€�
1) [noun] something deposited; a deposit or treasure.
2) [noun] the act of joining, associating two or more things together.
3) [noun] the act of installing an idol of a deity in a religious manner.
4) [noun] that which is established, installed, firmly placed.
5) [noun] a heavy object, usu. a shaped iron weight with flukes, lowered by cable or chain to the bottom of a body of water to keep a vessel from drifting; an anchor.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Sthapyaharana, Sthapyapaharana.
Full-text (+4): Upasthapya, Samsthapya, Prasthapya, Pratishthapya, Sthapyapaharana, Asthapya, Sthapetva, Sthapyaharana, Anaduha, Thappa, Kandarpashrinkhala, Samapada, Tul, Shollaka, Parisravana, Punyaka, Agrahara, Avannata, Parishtha, Sthapayitva.
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Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Page 127 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Page 116 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Page 163 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.22.14 < [Chapter 22 - Nanda and the Gopas See the Realm of Vaikuntha]
Verse 1.1.11 < [Chapter 1 - Description of Śrī-Kṛṣṇa’s Glories]
Verse 5.6.2 < [Chapter 6 - Seeing ÅšrÄ« MathurÄ]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
The concept of Mind in the Major Upanishads (by Gisha K. Narayanan)
15. Meditation in the Upaniá¹£ad < [Chapter 5 - The Psychological aspects as reflected in the Upaniá¹£ads]
Brahma Sutras (Govinda Bhashya) (by Kusakratha das Brahmacari)
Adhikarana 6: Asanas and Meditation < [Adhyaya 4, Pada 1]