# तिष्ठति
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* তিষ্ঠতি (Assamese script)
* ᬢᬶᬱ᭄ᬞᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* তিষ্ঠতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰝𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰙𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀢𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀞𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* တိၑ္ဌတိ (Burmese script)
* તિષ્ઠતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਤਿਸ਼੍ਠਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦠꦶꦰ꧀ꦜꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂞𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂘𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ತಿಷ್ಠತಿ (Kannada script)
* តិឞ្ឋតិ (Khmer script)
* ຕິຩ຺ຐຕິ (Lao script)
* തിഷ്ഠതി (Malayalam script)
* ᢠᡳᢢᡱᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘝𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘙𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢐᠢᢔᢍᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦽𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦹𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐟𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐛𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ତିଷ୍ଠତି (Odia script)
* ꢡꢶꢰ꣄ꢝꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆠𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆜𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖝𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖙𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* තිෂ‍්ඨති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩫𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩧𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚙𑚮𑚶𑚕𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* திஷ்ட²தி (Tamil script)
* తిష్ఠతి (Telugu script)
* ติษฺฐติ (Thai script)
* ཏི་ཥྛ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒞𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒚𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨙𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨕𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *(s)tíṣṭaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stíštaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Latin sistō, Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), Old English standan (whence English stand).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /tíʂ.ʈʰɐ.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈt̪iʂ.ʈʰɐ.t̪i/

### Verb

तिष्ठति • (tíṣṭhati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root स्था)
* to stand, stand firmly, station oneself, stand upon, get upon, take up a position on
    with पादाभ्याम् (pādābhyām) — to stand on the feet
    with जानुभ्याम् (jānubhyām) — to kneel
    with अग्रे (ágre) or अग्रतस् (agratás) and genitive — to stand or present oneself before
    with पुरस् (purás) and with or without genitive — to stand up against an enemy etc.
* to stay, remain, continue in any condition or action
    with कन्या (kanyā́) — to remain a girl or unmarried
    with तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇī́m) or with मौनेन (maunena) (instrumental) — to remain silent
    with सुखम् (sukhám) — to continue or feel well
* to remain occupied or engaged in, be intent upon, make a practice of, keep on, persevere in any act (with locative or ind.p.)
    with राज्ये (rājye) — to continue governing
    with शासने (śāsane) — to practise obedience
    with बल (bale) — to exercise power
    with स्वधर्मे (sva-dharme) — to do one's duty
    with स्वकर्मणि (sva-karmaṇi) — to keep to one's own business
    with संशये (saṃśaye, “saṃśaye”) — to persist in doubting
    धर्मम् आश्रित्य (dharmam āśritya) — to practise virtue
* to continue to be or exist (as opposed to "perish"), endure, last
* to be, exist, be present, be obtainable or at hand
* to be with or at the disposal of, belong to (dative, genitive or locative)
* (Ā, mc. also P. compare Pāṇini 1-3, 23; IV, 34) to stand by, abide by, be near to, be on the side of, adhere or submit to, acquiesce in, serve, obey (locative or dative)
* to stand still, stay quiet, remain stationary, stop, halt, wait, tarry, linger, hesitate
* to behave or conduct oneself
    with समम् (samám) — to behave equally towards any one (+ locative)
* to be directed to or fixed on (+ locative)
* to be founded or rest or depend on, be contained in (+ locative)
* to rely on, confide in (+ locative)
    मयि स्थित्वा (mayi sthitvā) — confiding in me
* to stay at, resort to (+ accusative)
* to arise from (+ ablative or genitive)
* to desist or cease from (+ ablative)
* to remain unnoticed (as of no importance), be left alone (only imperative and potential)
* (passive voice) be stood etc. - frequently used impersonally
    मया स्थीयताम् (mayā sthīyatām) — let it be abided by me; i.e. I must abide

#### Derived terms

* अतितिष्ठति (atitiṣṭhati)
* अधितिष्ठति (adhitiṣṭhati)
* अनुतिष्ठति (anutiṣṭhati)
* अपातिष्ठति (apātiṣṭhati)
* अपितिष्ठति (apitiṣṭhati)
* अवतिष्ठति (avatiṣṭhati)
* अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate)
* आतिष्ठति (ātiṣṭhati)
* उत्तिष्ठति (uttiṣṭhati)
* उपतिष्ठति (upatiṣṭhati)
* उपतिष्ठते (upatiṣṭhate)
* नितिष्ठति (nitiṣṭhati)
* निस्तिष्ठति (nistiṣṭhati)
* परितिष्ठति (paritiṣṭhati)
* पर्यवतिष्ठति (paryavatiṣṭhati)
* प्रतितिष्ठति (pratitiṣṭhati)
* प्रतिष्ठति (pratiṣṭhati)
* प्रत्यवतिष्ठते (pratyavatiṣṭhate)
* प्रत्यातिष्ठति (pratyātiṣṭhati)
* प्रत्युपतिष्ठति (pratyupatiṣṭhati)
* वितिष्ठते (vitiṣṭhate)
* समधितिष्ठति (samadhitiṣṭhati)
* समातिष्ठति (samātiṣṭhati)

#### Descendants

* Pali: tiṭṭhati
* Dhivehi: އިށީންނަނީ (iṣīn̊nanī)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “स्था”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1262, column 2.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tíṣṭhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

### Further reading

* Full conjugation