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स्थाणु

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Monier-Williams suggests the inheritance from older *sthalnú, which would explain the retroflexion of the sibilant through Fortunatov's law (for which compare भाषा (bhāṣā)). Compare स्थल (sthala, flat surface). Mayrhofer instead derives from स्था (sthā) + -नु (-nu), with spontaneous retroflexion.

Pronunciation

Adjective

स्था॒णु (sthāṇú) stem

  1. standing firmly, stationary, firm, fixed, immovable, motionless

Declension

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  • ¹Vedic
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  • ¹Later Sanskrit
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
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  • ¹Vedic

Noun

स्था॒णु (sthāṇú) stem, m

  1. a stump, stem, trunk, stake, post, pile, pillar (also as symbol of motionlessness)
  2. a kind of spear or dart
  3. a particular part of a plough
  4. the gnomon of a dial
  5. a particular perfume
    Synonym: जीवक (jīvaka)
  6. a nest of white ants
  7. various names or epithets
    1. Shiva (who is supposed to remain as motionless as the trunk of a tree during his austerities)
    2. one of the 11 Rudras
    3. a Prajapati
    4. a serpent-demon
    5. a Rakshasa

Declension

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  • ¹Vedic

Noun

स्था॒णु (sthāṇú) stem, n

  1. anything stationary or fixed
  2. a particular posture in sitting

Declension

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  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “स्थाणु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page sthāṇu.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 765
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