1. upasthā
upasthā P. Ā. tiṣṭhati, te ( irr. aor. Pot. 3. pl. stheṣus, AV. xvi, 4, 7 ) to stand or place one's self near, be present ( Ā. if no object follows, Pāṇ. i, 3, 26 ); to stand by the side of, place one's self near, expose one's self to (with loc. or acc. ), RV. ; AV. ; KātyŚr. ; Gobh. ; MBh. ; Mn. &c.; to place one's self before (in order to ask), approach, apply to, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. ; ĀśvGṛ. ; Ragh. &c.; to come together or meet with, become friendly with, conciliate (only Ā. Vārtt. on Pāṇ. i, 3, 25 ); to lead towards (as a way, only Ā. ib. ); to go or betake one's self to, Pañcat. ; R. ; to stand near in order to serve, attend, serve, MBh. ; Kathās. &c.; to attend on, worship (only Ā. Kāty. on Pāṇ. i, 3, 25 , e.g. arkamupatiṣṭhate, he worships the sun; but arkamupatiṣṭhati, he exposes himself to the sun, Pat. ), MBh. ; BhP. ; Ragh. &c.; to serve with, be of service or serviceable by, attend on with prayers ( e.g. aindryāgārhapatyamupatiṣṭhate, he attends on the Gārhapatya with a Ṛc addressed to Indra ; but bhartāraṃupatiṣṭhatiyauvanena, (she) attends on her husband with youthfulness, Kāś. ), MBh. ; Ragh. ; Daś. &c.; to stand under (in order to support), approach for assistance, be near at hand or at the disposal of RV. ; AV. ; TS. ; MBh. ; Śak. &c.; to fall to one's share, come to the possession of MBh. ; R. &c.; to rise against, RV. vii, 83 ; to start, set out, Hariv. ; Daś. : Caus. sthāpayati, to cause to stand by the side of, place before, cause to lie down by the side of ( e.g. a woman), AitBr. ; ĀśvŚr. ; KātyŚr. &c.; to cause to come near, bring near, procure, fetch, MBh. ; R. ; Śak. &c.; (in Gr. ) to add iti after a word (in the Pada-pāṭha ), RPrāt. 842 ( cf. upasthita).