adhiṣṭhāna

1 Abiding, resting.

2 Site, situation.

3 Prescribed rule, fixed practice.

5 A town.

6 A wheel.

4 Dignity.

E. adhi, śyā to stand, and lyaṭ aff.

situation. ³ A town. ⁴ (In architecture.) Base, basement.

⁵ Power, dignity, superintendence. ⁶ Prescribed rule, fixed

practice. ⁷ A wheel. ⁸ Approaching. ⁹ (In Buddhistic litera-

ture.) Benediction. E. sthā with adhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

-sthā + ana, n. 1. A resting-place. 2.

A seat, Man. 12, 4. 3. An abode. 4.

A place, Pañc. 10, 3. 5. A town, a

capital, Rājat. 5, 266. 6. Dignity, Nal.

26, 28. 7. Power, Rām. 4, 14, 30. —

Comp. Tri-, adj. having three bases,

Man. 12, 4. Dharma-, n. a court of

justice, Pañc. 237, 20. Nis-, adj. being

without a solid base, Rām. 5, 82, 12.

Sa-, adj. having a solid base, ib. Su-,

adj., having a solid base, Chr. 25, 52.

n. (-naṃ)

1. Abiding, resting;

2. Site, situation.

3. Prescribed
rule, fixed practice.

5. A town.

6. A wheel.

7. Dignity.

E. adhi,
sthā to stand, and lyuṭ aff.

Lieu où l'on est le chef: ressort de compétence, ville, province, royaume, domaine;

dignité, gouvernement.

Le pouvoir directeur de l'agent sur l'instrument.

Bd. bénédiction par imposition des mains.

1) Standort, Standpunkt, Platz, Ort, Sitz; in übertr. Bedeutung: Sitz, Gebiet, Element, = adhyāsana AK. 3, 4, 128. H. an. 4, 156. MED. n. 163. = ādhi AK. 3, 4, 100. pā̀dorâsyā adhìṣṭhānâm AV. 12, 4, 5. 4. 23. NIR. 4, 15. VS. 7, 13. 18. kiṃ svîdāsīdadhìṣṭhānâmā̀rambhâṇaṃ katàmatsvîtkàthāsī̂t ṚV. 10, 81, 2. yadbhayātsaṃparityajya svamadhiṣṭhānamṛddhimat . kailāsaṃ parvataśreṣṭhamaṃdhyāste naravāhanaḥ .. R. 3, 54, 5. nagaraṃ rājādhiṣṭhānam eine Stadt, in der ein König seinen Wohnsitz aufgeschlagen hat, PAÑCAT. 52, 21. pare ca niradhiṣṭhānāḥ (ohne festen Standpunkt) sābhiṣṭhānāśca yadvayam R. 5, 82, 12. kasmiṃścidadhiṣṭhāne (Ort) PAÑCAT. 10, 3. 43, 3. sthāvaraṃ viṣaṃ daśādhiṣṭhānam (in der Wurzel, in den Blättern u. s. w.) SUŚR. 2, 251, 11. tadasyāmṛtasyāśarīrasyātmano 'dhiṣṭhānam (der Körper) CHĀND. UP. 8, 12, 1. tryadhiṣṭhānasya (nach KULL. manas, vāc, kāya) dehinaḥ M. 12, 4. indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate (des kāma und krodha) BHAG. 3, 40. 18, 14. tadekaṃ (avyaktaṃ) bahūnāṃ kṣetrajñānāmadhiṣṭhānaṃ samudra ivaudakānāṃ bhāvānām SUŚR. 1, 310, 5. rogādhiṣṭhānabhedādagnikarma caturdhā bhidyate 1, 36, 9. tasmin (puruṣe) kriyā so 'dhiṣṭhānam 1, 4, 2. 6. Vgl. dharmādhiṣṭhāna .

— 2) hohe Stellung, Herrschaft, Macht (prabhāva) AK. 3, 4, 128. H. an. 4, 156. MED. n. 63. yo me vitarasi prāṇānadhiṣṭhānaṃ ca N. 26, 27. samarthastvamimaṃ jetumadhiṣṭhānaparākramaiḥ R. 4, 14, 30. SĀṂKHYAK. 17 (der Seele über den Körper); GAUḌAPĀDA : yatheha - aśvairyukto rathaḥ sārathinādhiṣṭhitaḥ pravartate tathātmādhiṣṭhānāccharīram .

— 3) Stadt AK. 3, 4, 128. H. 972. an. 4, 156. MED. n. 163.

— 4) Rad AK. H. an. MED.

1) füge noch Unterlage, Grundlage, Basis hinzu. adhiṣṭhānaṃ girerasya bhavānbhavitumarhati (sagt man zum Schildkrötenkönig) MBH. 1, 1122. chinnamūle hyadhiṣṭhāne sarve tajjīvino hatāḥ wenn demjenigen, auf dem Alles ruht, die Wurzeln abgeschnitten werden, 5528 = 12, 5256. pāpānāṃ viddhyādhiṣṭhānaṃ lobhameva 13, 13758. KAP. 1, 142. 2, 23. 3, 11.

— 3) eig. Residenz: purāṇādhi° RĀJA-TAR. 5, 266.

— 4) svadhiṣṭhāna (ratha) MBH. 5, 7101. = sucakra Schol.

— 5) das Verweilen an einem Platze: ana° Abwesenheit Spr. 3535.

— 6) das Betreten (eines Platzes): bhūmyanadhi° (v. l. bhūmyanabhi°) KĀTY. ŚR. 15, 8, 29.

— 7) sarvādhiṣṭhānasanmātra WEBER, RĀMAT. 338 übersetzt unser Freund durch in allen Zuständen alleinig wesenhaft, was schwerlich richtig sein kann.

— 8) Segen Lot. de la b. l. 363.

-am {907,2}.

— 1) Standort , Grundlage , Sitz , Platz 106,12.

— 2) Standplatz des Kriegers auf dem Wagen SĀMAV. BR. 3,6,4.

— 3) Residenz.

— 4) Anwesenheit HĀSY.

— 5) Herrschaft , hohe Stellung , Macht.

— 6) Segen (buddh.).

— 5. auch buddh. Macht, mächtiger Wille; vgl. Lalit. 34, 4. 6. 7.

— Auch Schwur, Eid, Beteuerung, Jātakam. 7.

minatio, moderatio, regimen. BH. 18. 14. 2) urbs, im-

perium, regnum. N. 26. 28. BH. 3. 40.

6 below for forms of other genders; from adhitiṣṭhati,

q.v.), (1) basis, as in Skt. (BR s.v. 1); special usage, SP

405.8--9 (a Buddha of old preached the SP at length)

Sarvasattvapriyadarśanaṃ bodhisattvaṃ…adhiṣṭhānaṃ

kṛtvā, making (his disciple) the Bodhisattva S. the basis, i.e.

with special regard to him, or for his special benefit; (2)

(mental) firm basis = determination, resolve, resolution, vow,

= Pali (cetaso) adhiṭṭhāna (see CPD); rare in BHS: (a

Bodhisattva is about to burn his body to honor the SP

and the Buddha who revealed it to him; having purified,

adorned, and scented his body) svakam adhiṣṭhānam akarot

SP 407.6, he made his resolution, firm mental determination;

followed by svakam adhiṣṭhānaṃ kṛtvā svaṃ kāyaṃ

prajvālayām āsa; buddhān bhagavataḥ sākṣiṇaḥ kṛtvā

teṣāṃ purataḥ satyādhiṣṭhānaṃ (q.v.) karomi: yena

satyena etc., SP 413.7--8,…I make a truthful resolve…

and he proceeds with an ‘act of truth’, see satyavacana;

(?) LV 423.5-6 akṣaṇasattvavinayādhiṣṭhānāpratyudāvar-

tyacakraṃ (said of the dharmacakra; text °dhiṣṭhāna-

praty°, but see s.v. apratyudāvartya), wheel that cannot

be turned back because of (the Buddha's) fixed determination

to discipline creatures that are subject to bad births (? or

possibly because of the Buddha's supernatural power to

discipline etc.; otherwise, implausibly, Foucaux); here

perhaps also the ‘four adhisthāna’ (firm resolves?) of Mvy

1580--84 (satya-, tyāga-, upasama-, prajñā-) = Pali four

adhiṭṭhāna, DN iii.229.18 (paññā-, sacca-, cāga-, upasama-);

(3) in Skt. (BR s.v. 2) mastery, power; in BHS control,

e.g. of a monk's own robes (cf. adhitiṣṭhati 1), MSV

ii.91.12 tricīvarādhiṣṭhānena; oftener supernatural, magic

power: puṇyavipākādhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhitās LV 48.21 (Apsa-

rases) empowered (controlled) by the power of the ripening of

merit (which enables them to disappear from their heavenly

home and appear in Kapilavastu); -devatādhiṣṭhānāt LV

381.12, by the magic power of the…deity (the merchants'

wagons were stopped and could not be moved); usually a

Buddha's or Bodhisattva's; it may be his supernatural

control over his own destiny, SP 64.13, where bodhisattvā-

dhiṣṭhānena goes closely with tat paurvakaṃ caryāpraṇi-

dhānam, see s.v. saṃmantrita; but it is usually control

over another person, a Bodhisattva or disciple: Maitreyasya

bodhisattvasyādhiṣṭhānabalena sarveṣu teṣu kūṭāgāreṣv

abhyantarapraviṣṭam ātmānaṃ saṃjānīte sma, Gv 512.13-

14, by the force of the supernatural power of Maitreya

(Sudhana) fancied that he had entered into each one of those

palaces; buddhānāṃ…adhiṣṭhānena LV 163.9--10 (text

adhisthān°; when the women were making music for the

Bodhisattva) by the supernatural power of the Buddhas

verses of exhortation to him came forth (in 163.14 āveśa,

q.v., or v.l. ādeśa, replaces adhi°); similarly 182.3; adhi-

ṣṭhānena buddhānām anubhāvād (another near-synonym)

vikurvitaiḥ Samādh 22.19 (the body of the Buddha can

be seen); other like cases Laṅk 2.10; LV 31.3, 6; 237.18;

368.12; in 415.16, the dharmacakra is sarvabuddhādhiṣ-

ṭhānāvilopitam, unbroken thru the supernatural power

(influence) of all the Buddhas; for Laṅk 100.6 and Mmk

56.24 see s.v. adhitiṣṭhati (2); etaṃ…samādhiṃ samā-

pannasyādhiṣṭhānam: lokadhātuvijñaptiṣu adhiṣṭhānam,

etc., long series of locs. each with adhi° repeated, stating

the spheres of the mastery obtained, Gv 98.15 ff.; mamā-

dhiṣṭhānabalādhānam SP 316.1, my assumption of the force

of supernatural (magic) power (here causes people to believe

that the earthly life of Śākyamuni, which was unreal, is

real); but the corresponding verse, 323.13, has adhiṣṭha-

hāmi in the sense of I make appear by magic (see adhitiṣ-

ṭhati 3), and possibly adhiṣṭhāna may be concrete here

(and in sadādhiṣṭhānaṃ mama etad īdṛśaṃ SP 324.11,

resuming the same subject), exhibition of supernatural

(magic) power = magical appearance or transformation;

this latter is certainly the meaning in LV 379.3, see

adhitiṣṭhati (3), and perhaps in Prabhūtaratnasya

tathāgatasya…etad adhiṣṭhānam abhūt SP 241.8, this

was the adhiṣṭhāna of the Tathāgata P. (there follows a

quotation of his words: Let this stūpa of my remains appear

whenever the SP is preached). Does this adhiṣṭhāna mean

this exhibition of supernatural power, viz, the making of the

stūpa to appear? Or is it this fixed determination, resolution

(2, above)? Near synonyms are āveśa, (Skt.) anubhāva,

adhimukti; cf. also Laṅk 292.13 and 15, where one of the

sources of abhijñā is ‘from adhiṣṭhāna’ (adhiṣṭhānān, so

read in 13 for text °nāṃ, abl., before n-), which means

from the controlling power of the Buddhas and is paraphrased

in 15 by buddhaprasādataḥ, from the grace of the Buddhas.

Suzuki, Transl. of Laṅk passim, renders sustaining power;

I think rather controlling power. Even Bodhisattvas are

at times dependent on Buddhas and need their control;

(4) in architecture, Skt. (see Acharya, Dict. Hindu Arch.

s.v.), basement, foundation of building or base of a pillar.

Here in Mvy 5591 = Tib. lan kan gyi rten ma, prop (i.e.

base) of a railing; so Chin. Whatever it means here is

certainly meant also in Divy 221.9, 10 adhiṣṭhānam, and

Mv i.195.1 ff.; iii.227.8 ff., adhiṣṭhānakam, where the

context is the same as in Mvy 5591; see sūcī, sūcikā;

(5) see pādādhiṣṭhāna; (6) m., n. of a (mythical) samādhi:

Gv 451.26. In this curious passage, 451.25--452.6, the word

adhiṣṭhāna is further used predicatively in a series of

equational sentences, varying in gender like an adjective

with different subjects. Bhadrottamā says to Sudhana:

ahaṃ kulaputrā 'nālayamaṇḍalaṃ nāma dharmaparyāyaṃ

jānāmi deśayāmy, adhiṣṭhānaś ca me samādhiḥ pratilab-

dho; na tatra samādhau kasyacid dharmasyā 'dhiṣṭhānam;

adhiṣṭhānaṃ tatra sarvajñatācakṣuḥ pravartate, 'dhiṣṭhā-

naṃ sarvajñatāśrotram, adhiṣṭhānaṃ sarvajñatāghrāṇam,

adhiṣṭhānā sarvajñatājihvā, 'dhiṣṭhānaḥ sarvajñatākāyo,

'dhiṣṭhānaṃ tatra sarvajñatāmanaḥ pravartate, 'dhiṣṭhānā

sarvajñatormir, adhiṣṭhānā sarvajñatāvidyud, adhiṣṭhānāḥ

sarvajñatāvegāḥ pravartante jagadrocanāmaṇḍalāḥ; etam

ahaṃ kulaputrā 'nālayamaṇḍalaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ jā-

nāmi.(Punctuation introduced by me.) There is no further

light from the context. I am not sure what meaning the

author attributed to the word adhiṣṭhāna: presumably

something like either basis or controlling power.

headquarters of an administrative unit; a city or town; the

chief city. See abhisthāna.

(EI 9), probably, residence.

(EI 8), same as sthāna.

(EI 24), cf. adhiṣṭhānam, ‘under the supervision of’.

(SITI), the base of the vimāna in a temple; a seat.