skambh स्कम्भ् or skabh (prob. a mere phonetic variety of √ stambh, q.v.; in native lists written skanbh) cl. 5. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 8]; [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 82]) skabhnóti, skabhnā́ti (accord. to [Dhātup. x, 27] also cl. 1. Ā. skambhate ; pr. p. skabhnuvát, [Br.]; skabhát, [RV.]; pf. caskámbha, 2. du. -skambháthuḥ, [ib.]; p. caskabhāná, [AV.]; aor. askambhīt Gr.; fut. skambhitā, skambhiṣyati, [ib.]; inf. skambhitum, [ib.]; -skábhe, [RV.]; ind.p. skabhitvī́, [ib.]) to prop, support, make firm, fix, establish, [RV.]; [TS.]; [BhP.] : Caus. skambhayati (aor. acaskambhat, Gr.; see skambhita) or skabhāyáti ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 84], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.]; see skabhita), to prop, support, fix, [RV.]; [VS.]; to impede, check, [RV. x, 76, 4.] skambha स्कम्भ skambhá m. a prop, support, pillar, buttress, fulcrum, the Fulcrum of the Universe (personified in [AV. x, 7] and [x, 8], and identified with Brahman, the Supreme Being, as well as with Puruṣa; see [Muir's Sanskrit Texts, v, 378]), [RV.]; [AV.] N. of a man g. kuñjādi. skambhanī स्कम्भनी skambhaní or skambha°nī́ (nom. °nī́s), id., [TS.]; [VS.] skambhana स्कम्भन skambhaná n. a prop, pillar, [RV.] skambhani स्कम्भनि skambhaní or skambha°nī́ (nom. °nī́s), id., [TS.]; [VS.] skambhadeṣṇa स्कम्भदेष्ण skambhá—deṣṇa (skambhá-), mfn. one whose gifts are firm, stable in giving (as the Maruts), [RV.] skambhasarjanī स्कम्भसर्जनी skambha—sárjana, n. or skambhá—sárja°nī, f. a partic. part of a pillar, [TS.]; [VS.] skambhasarjana स्कम्भसर्जन skambha—sárjana, n. or skambhá—sárja°nī, f. a partic. part of a pillar, [TS.]; [VS.]