# स्थितप्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña)

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स्थितप्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) is a Sanskrit word meaning firm in judgement and wisdom, calm, contented, calm, content, free from desire, fixed, content, firm in judgment, calm, content, and free from desire. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Holistic: Firm wisdom coupled with equanimity, Calmness, contentment, and freedom from desires, Firmness in judgment or intellect.

- **Etymology:** E. स्थित, and प्रज्ञा wisdom — E. sthita, and prajñā wisdom
- **SLP1:** `sTitaprajYa`  **IAST:** sthitaprajña  **Devanagari:** स्थितप्रज्ञ
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sthitaprajna
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sthitaprajna/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Holistic: Firm wisdom coupled with equanimity (4 definitions)
- firm in judgement and wisdom, calm, contented  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1264,2] स्थित (sthita) — प्रज्ञ (—prajña) mfn. firm in judgement and wisdom, calm, contented, Bhag. [ ID=255648 ]
- Fixed, content  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्थितप्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) [Printed book page 876-b ] स्थित - प्रज्ञ (sthita-prajña) ( ज्ञः - ज्ञा - ज्ञं ) ((jñaḥ-jñā-jñaṃ)) a. Fixed, content. [ ID=42954 ]
- firm in judgment or wisdom, free from fancies or hallucinations  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्थितप्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) [Printed book page 810-01 ] स्थित - प्रज्ञ (sthita-prajña) a. firm in judgment or wisdom, free from fancies or hallucinations; (he is thus described- प्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान् पार्थ मनोगतान् । आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) स्तदोच्यते (prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha manogatān. ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate) Bg. ii.55. [ ID=42171 ]
- 1. Calm, content, and free from desire. 2. Firm in judgment or wisdom.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्थितप्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) [Printed book page 812-b ] स्थितप्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) mfn. ( - ज्ञः - ज्ञा - ज्ञं (-jñaḥ-jñā-jñaṃ) ) 1. Calm, content, free from desire. 2. Firm in judgment or wisdom, free from fancies or hallucinations. E. स्थित, (sthita,) and प्रज्ञा (prajñā) wisdom. [ ID=45606 ]

### Calmness, contentment, and freedom from desires (1 definition)
- Calm, content, free from desire  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्थित (sthita) प्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) [Printed book page 953 ] स्थित (sthita) प्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) mfn. ( - ज्ञः - ज्ञा - ज्ञं (-jñaḥ-jñā-jñaṃ) ) Calm, content, free from desire. E. स्थित (sthita), and प्रज्ञा (prajñā) wisdom. [ ID=43156 ]

### Firmness in judgment or intellect (1 definition)
- firm in judgment  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्थितप्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) [Printed book page 643 ] स्थितप्रज्ञ (sthitaprajña) a. firm in judgment. [ ID=38511 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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