avasthā अवस्था – state; condition; situation

Original text · English · verb

avasthā ava-sthā, cl. 1. A. -tiṣṭhate,-sthā- tum, to take one's stand, remain standing; to stay, abide, stop, stand apart, stand by or near; Ved. to place: Caus. -sthāpayati or -te, -yitum, to cause to stand or stop, to place, fix, settle, set, array.

Original text · German · adjective

avasthā 2〉c〉 Spr. 2711. vayo'vasthā Spr. 3951. avasthā allein dass. Spr. 4627 bālāvastha adj. Spr. 5063. Art und Weise ṚV. PRĀT. 14,29. etadavastha adj. derartig: ciraviyoga VIKR. 135. vier Avasthā WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 335. fg. citrapaṭe und paramātmani Verz. d. Oxf. H. 222,b,16. fgg. drei WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 356. BHĀG. P. 10,83,4. fünf im Verlauf der Handlung im Drama SĀH. D. 324. — e〉 in der Dramatik ein einzelner Erfolg, der alle übrigen Erfolge nach sich zieht: sāvasthā phalayogaḥ syādyaḥ samagraphalodayaḥ SĀH. D. 329. fg.

Original text · English · verbal root

avasthā 1 A. 1 To remain, stay, abide; tena saha sukhamavatiṣṭhaṃte K. 108; oft. with an adj. or adv.; vilokayaṃtī tāvadavatasthe K. 205; pādau viṣṭabhya; kṣaṇaṃ bhadrāvatiṣṭhasva Bk. 8. 11 stay, wait; anītvā paṃkatāṃ dhūlimudakaṃ nāvatiṣṭhate Śi. 2. 34. 2 To abide by, conform to, obey; na śāsane'vāsthita yo gurūṇāṃ Bk. 3. 14. 3 To live; kṣaṇamapyavatiṣṭhate śvasan yadi jaṃturnanu lābhavānasau R. 8. 87. 4 To stand (still), make a halt, stop; Bg. 1. 30, Bg. 14. 23; R. 2. 31, Ku. 3. 42, Śi. 9. 83. 5 To stand, exist, chance to be. 6 To fall to, devolve on. 7 To enter; reach, attain to. 8 To stand apart, go off, withdraw. 9 To descend; go to. 10 To place (Ved.) — Caus. (sthāpayati te) 1 To cause to stand or stop, station, keep, place; paścādavasthāpitavāhinīkaḥ R. 13. 66; skaṃdhāvāramavasthāpya Dk. 174 having encamped; bhikṣāpātraṃ nāgadaṃtake'vasthāpya H. 1, H. 3. 2 To fix, settle; śakyo'vasthāpayituṃ Mu. 1. 3 To establish, found; dvairājyamavasthāpayitukāmosmi M. 5. 4 To compose, collect, steady, fix (as heart &c.); na śaknomi hṛdayamavasthāpayituṃ U. 4. 5 To comfort, console. 6 To separate, divide.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

avasthā avasthā f. (sthā) état, condition. [Page056-2] avasthāna n. demeure, séjour, habitation.