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Etymology
From the root स्था (sthā).
Pronunciation
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अतिष्ठत् • (átiṣṭhat)
- third-person singular imperfective of स्था (sthā, “to stand”)
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 4.18.8:
- मम॑च्च॒न त्वा॑ युव॒तिः प॒रास॒ मम॑च्च॒न त्वा॑ कु॒षवा॑ ज॒गार॑।
मम॑च्चि॒दाप॒: शिश॑वे ममृड्यु॒र्मम॑च्चि॒दिन्द्र॒: सह॒सोद्अ॒तिष्ठत्॥- mámaccaná tvā yuvatíḥ parā́sa mámaccaná tvā kuṣávā jagā́ra.
mámaccidā́pa: śíśave mamṛḍyurmámaccidíndra: sáhasódatíṣṭhát. - I cast you from me, mine,-your youthful mother: you, mine own offspring, Kusava has swallowed.
To him, mine infant, were the waters gracious. Indra, my Son, rose up in conquering vigour.