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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अधिष्ठानम्adhiṣṭhānamStanding or being near, being at hand, approach (सन्निधि); अत्राधिष्ठानं कुरु take a seat here.

    [अधि-स्था-ल्युट्]

    1. Standing or being near, being at hand, approach (सन्निधि); अत्राधिष्ठानं कुरु take a seat here.
    2. Resting upon, occupying, inhabiting, dwelling in, locating oneself in; प्राणाधिष्ठानं देहस्य etc.
    3. A position, site, basis, seat; त्र्यधिष्ठानस्य देहिनः Ms.12.4; इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते Bg.3.4, 18.14 the seat (of that desire.)
    4. Residence, abode; नगरं राजाधिष्ठानम् Pt.1.; so धर्मdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; a place, locality, town; सर्वाविनयाधिष्ठानतां गच्छन्ति K.16; कस्मिंश्चिदधिष्ठाने in a certain place.
    5. Authority, power, power of control, presiding over; अनधिष्ठानम् H.3.83. lose of position, dimissal from a post (of authority); समर्थस्त्वमिमं जेतुमधिष्ठानपराक्रमैः Rām.; ययेह अश्वैर्युक्तो रथः सार- थिनाऽधिष्ठितः प्रवर्तते तथा आत्माधिष्ठानाच्छरीरम् Gaudapāda; महाश्वेताकृताच्च सत्याधिष्ठानात् K.346 appeal or reference to truth.
    6. Government, dominion.
    7. A wheel (of a car etc.) अधिष्ठानं मनश्चासीत्परिरथ्या सरस्वती Mb.8.34.34; 5.178.74.
    8. A precedent, prescribed rule.
    9. A benediction. Compare अधिष्ठानं चक्रपुरप्रभावाध्यासनेष्वपि । Nm.
    10. Destruction (?); अमित्राणामधिष्ठानाद्वधाद् दुर्योधनस्य च । भीम दिष्ट्या पृथिव्यां ते प्रथितं सुमहद्यशः ॥ Mb.9.61.14.
    11. Couch, seat, bed; साधिष्ठानानि सर्वशः Rām.6.75.19.
    12. A butt (for an allurement.) तस्माद् ब्राह्ममधिष्ठानं कृत्वा कार्ये चतुर्विधे । Kau. Atmanepada 1.1.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अधिकरणम् Municipal Board. (अधिष्ठान Equivalent to city; अधिकरण Equivalent to court and office of administration) EI,XV, p.143; XVII. p. 193 f; XX, pp.61 ff.

    • -शरीरम् A body which forms the medium between the subtle and the gross body.

    In the Gita3·4018·14

    इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते ।

    indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate, — The senses, mind and intellect are its seat; enveloping knowledge by these it bewilders the embodied soul. 3·40
    • अधिष्ठानम्adhiṣṭhānamnominative or accusative singular of the neuter noun adhiṣṭhāna (a seat, substratum, receptacle)
    Source: ApteApte entry