Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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sthāpaka mfn. (fr. Caus.) causing to stand, placing, fixing &c
• m. the erecter of an image VarBṛS
• a depositor Yājñ. Sch
• (ifc.) an establisher, founder Cat
• (in dram.) a kind of stage-director (assistant of the Sūtra-dhāra q.v. but not clearly defined in his functions and not mentioned in any of the extant plays) Bhar. Sāh
Source
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Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
Related
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sthāpana , sthāpanavṛtta , sthapanī , sthāpanika , sthāpanīya , sthānyāśraya , sthāṇvīśvara , sthāṇuvaṭa , sthāṇuvat , sthāṇuvanaukas