[sthân-ika] adjective taking the place of (genitive, --˚; grammatical term); -in, adjective occupying a high posi tion; being in the right place, appropriate; being originally in the place; what should be in the place=to be supplied (grammatical term); masculine primi tive or original form (grammatical term; opposite âdesa, substi tute); -i-vat, adverb, -ial, -ially like the primitive form: d âdesah, the substitute is subject to the same rules as the primitive; -îya, adjective having its place in, being in (--˚); occupying the place of, representing (--˚).