P. A1.-tiṣṭhati-, -te- (irregularAoristPotential 3. plural-stheṣus-) to stand or place one's self near, be present (A1.if no object follows ) ; to stand by the side of, place one's self near, expose one's self to (with locative case or accusative) etc. ; to place one's self before (in order to ask), approach, apply to etc. ; to come together or meet with, become friendly with, conciliate (only A1.vArttika on ) ; to lead towards (as a way, only A1.) ; to go or betake one's self to ; to stand near in order to serve, attend, serve etc. ; to attend on, worship (only A1. on , exempli gratia, 'for example'arkam upatiṣṭhate-,he worships the sun;but arkam upatiṣṭhati-,he exposes himself to the sun ) etc. ; to serve with, be of service or serviceable by, attend on with prayers (exempli gratia, 'for example'aindryā gārhapatyam upatiṣṭhate-,he attends on the gārhapatya- with a ṛc- addressed to indra-;but bhartāraṃ upatiṣṭhati yauvanena-,(she) attends on her husband with youthfulness ) etc. ; to stand under (in order to support), approach for assistance, be near at hand or at the disposal of etc. ; to fall to one's share, come to the possession of etc. ; to rise against ; to start, set out : Causal-sthāpayati-, to cause to stand by the side of, place before, cause to lie down by the side of (exempli gratia, 'for example' a woman) etc. ; to cause to come near, bring near, procure, fetch etc. ; (in grammar) to add iti- after a word (in the pada-pāṭha-) (seeupasthita-).
अपत्यम् [न पतन्ति पितरो$नेन, पत् बाहु˚ करणे यत् न. त.; some derive it from अप, the termination त्य being added to it, as in तत्रत्य, अत्रत्य, sprung from a stock; Yāska gives two etymologies : अपत्यं कस्मात् अपततं भवति पितुः सकाशादेत्य पृथगिव ततं भवति, अनेन जातेन सता पिता नरके न पततीति चा] Offspring, child, progeny, issue (of animals and men); offspring in general (male or female); sons or grandsons and other later generations of a Gotra; अपत्यं पौत्रप्रभृत्ति गोत्रम् P.IV.1.162; अपत्यैरिव नीवार भागधेयो चितैर्मृमैः R.1.5. (Bhavabhūti calls apatya 'a knot for tying parents together' अन्योन्यसंश्लेषणम् पित्रोः; अन्तः- करणतत्त्वस्य दम्पत्योः स्नेहसंश्रयात् । आनन्दग्रन्थिरेको$यमपत्यमिति वध्यते ॥ U.3.17). -2 A partronymic affix; स्त्रीपुंसयोरपत्यान्ताः Ak.; ˚अधिकारप्रकरणम् Sk.; -Comp. -काम a. desirous of progeny. -जीवः N. of a plant (Mar. पुत्रजीवी). -द a. giving offspring (as a Mantra &c.) -ता State of childhood; शूद्रावेदी पतति......तदपत्यतया भृगोः Ms.3.16. (-दा) N. of a plant (गर्भदात्रीवृक्ष). -पथः the vulva. -प्रत्ययः a patronymic affix. -विक्रयिन् m. a seller of his children, a father who sells his girl for money to a bridegroom. -शत्रुः [अपत्यं शत्रुर्गर्भभेदनेन नाशकं यस्याः सा] 1 'having the child for its enemy', a crab (said to die in producing young). -2 a serpent. -साच् a. Ved. accompanied with offspring.
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