standing, i.e. (see ṭhāna I) either upright (opp nisinna, etc.), or immovable, or being, behaving in general. In the latter function often (with ger. pleonastic for finite verb (cp. ṭhapita)
■ resting in abiding in (-˚ or with loc.); of time: lasting, enduring fig. steadfast, firm, controlled: amissīkatam ev’ assa cittaṃ hoti, ṭhitaṃ ānejjappattaṃ AN.iii.377 = AN.iv.404 tassa ṭhito va kāyo hoti thitaṃ cittaṃ (firm, unshaken SN.v.74 = Cnd.475 B2
■ DN.i.135 (khema˚); AN.i.152; Snp.250 (dhamme); Iti.116 sq. (ṭh. caranto nisinna sayāna); Ja.i.167; Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.53
■ with ger.: nahātvā ṭh. & nivāsetvā ṭh. (after bathing & dressing) Ja.i.265 dārakaṃ gahetvā th. Ja.vi.336. Cp. saṇ˚.
- -atta self-controlled, composed, steadfast DN.i.57 (+ gatatta yatatta; expl. at DN-a.i.168 by suppatiṭṭhitacitto); SN.i.48; SN.iii.46; AN.ii.5; AN.iv.93, AN.iv.428; Snp.370 (+ parinibbuta), Snp.359 (id. expl. at Snp-a.359 by lokadhammehi akampaneyya-citta); Pp.62;
- -kappin (adj.) (for kappa-*ṭhitin) standing or waiting a whole kappa Pp.13 (expl. at Pp-a.187 by ṭhitakappo assa atthī ti; kappaṃ ṭhapetuṃ samattho ti attho);
- -citta (adj.) of controlled heart (= ˚atta) DN.ii.157≈;
- -dhamma (adj.) everlasting, eternal (of mahāsamudda, the great ocean) Vin.ii.237; AN.iv.198.
pp. of tiṭṭhati = Gr. στατός, Lat. status, Celt. fossad (firm)