[sthal-ilac nuk lasya ḍaḥ Tv.] 1 A piece of ground (levelled, squared and prepared for a sacrifice), an altar; niṣeduṣī sthaṃḍila eva kevale Ku. 5. 12.

2 A barren field.

3 A heap of clods.

4 A limit, boundary.

5 A land-mark. Comp. śāyin m., also sthaṃḍileśayaḥ an ascetic who sleeps on the bare Sthandila or sa- crificial ground. sitakaṃ an altar.