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stambhस्तम्भ्or stabh (connected with √ skambh, q.v.; in native lists written stanbh) cl. 5. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 7]) stabhnóti, stabhnā́ti (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 82]), or cl. 1. Ā. ([x, 26]) stámbhate (pr. p. also stambhat, [Hariv.], stabhamāna [q.v.] [AitĀr.]; pf. tastámbha, °mbhat, tastabhúḥ, p. tastabhvás, °vāná, [RV.]; tastabhāná, tastambhe, [MBh.]; aor. ástambhīt; astāmpsīt, [TBr.]; astabhat Gr.; fut. stambhitā, °bhiṣyati, [ib.]; inf. stabdhum, [Kathās.]; ind.p. stabdhvā́, [AV.] &c.; stambhitvā, [MBh.]; -stábhya and -stambham, [Br.]), to fix firmly, support, sustain, prop (esp. the heavens), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to support or hold up by contact with, reach up to (acc.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; to stop, stop up, arrest, make stiff or immovable, paralyze, [RV.] &c. &c.; (Ā.) to rest or lean on (loc.), [Hcar.]; to become stiff or immovable, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to become solid, [MBh. xii, 6807] : Pass. stabhyate (aor. astambhi), to be firmly fixed or supported or propped &c., [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. stabhāyáti, to make firm, support, [RV.]; to stop, arrest, [ib.]; stambhayati, °te (aor. atastambhat), to fix, establish, erect, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to make stiff or rigid, paralyze, [Suśr.]; to make solid, [ib.]; to stop, arrest (also by magic), suppress, check, restrain, [ib.] : Desid. tistambhiṣati Gr.: Intens. tāstabhyate, [ib.] [cf. Gk. στέμϕυλον, στέμβω, στείβω; Lith. stambras, stimbras; Germ. stampfôn, stampfen; Eng. stamp, stump.]
stambhaस्तम्भm. (ifc. f(A). ) a post, pillar, column, stem (as of a tree; also improperly applied to an arm), [Kāṭh.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.
support, propping, strengthening, [Bhartṛ.]
inflation, pretentiousness, arrogance, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
fixedness, stiffness, rigidity, torpor, paralysis, stupefaction, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
becoming hard or solid, [Rājat.]
stoppage, obstruction, suppression (also the magical arresting of any feeling or force, as of hunger, thirst, or of the forces of water, fire &c. as taught in the Tantras), [Kāv.]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcar.]
filling up, stuffing, [R.]
N. of a partic. Adhyāya, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. v, 2, 60], Vārtt. 1
of a Ṛṣi &c., [VP.] (cf. g. kuñjādi and śaunakādi).
stambhiस्तम्भिm. the sea, [L.]
stambhinस्तम्भिन्mfn. provided with pillars or columns, [Pracaṇḍ.]
supporting, [MW.]
puffed up, arrogant, [MBh.]
stopping, restraining, [MW.]
m. the sea, [L.]
stambhībhūस्तम्भीभूstambhī-√ bhū P. -bhavati, to become a post, [Hit.]
stambhīyaस्तम्भीयmfn. (said of a partic. Adhyāya), [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. v, 2, 60], Vārtt. 1.
stambhakīस्तम्भकी(akī), f. N. of a goddess, [Kālac.]
stambhakaस्तम्भकmfn. stopping, arresting, [R.]
styptic, astringent, [ŚārṅgS.]
m. (prob.) a post, pillar, [Mahāvy.]
N. of one of Śiva's attendants, [Kathās.]
stambhanīस्तम्भनी(ī), f. a kind of magic, [Divyāv.]
stambhanaस्तम्भनmf(I)n. stiffening, making rigid or immovable, paralyzing, [Kāv.]; [HPariś.]
stopping, arresting, checking, restraining, [MBh.]; [R.]
styptic, astringent, [Suśr.]
m. ‘paralyzer’, N. of one of the five arrows of Kāma-deva, [Cat.]
n. the act of turning into a pillar (see rambhā-st°)
strengthening, supporting, [Kāv.]; [Pañcar.]
becoming stiff or rigid, [Suśr.]
making stiff or rigid, paralysing, [Vās.]; [Bālar.]
a means of making stiff or rigid, [Hcat.]
stopping, arresting (also by magical means), [MBh.]; [VP.]
stopping flow of blood &c.
a styptic or astringent, [Car.]
a partic. magical art or faculty (see under stambha and cf. jala-stambhana).
stambhatāस्तम्भताstambha—tā f. stiffness, paralysis, [Sāh.]
stambhikāस्तम्भिका(ikā), f. the leg of a chair, [Nalac.]
stambhinīस्तम्भिनी(inī), f. N. of one of the five Dhāraṇās or elements (= the earth; cf. bhramaṇī), [Cat.]
stambhitaस्तम्भितmfn. (fr. Caus.) fixed, established, supported, [Hariv.]
stiffened, benumbed, paralyzed, [Kathās.]
stopped, brought to a standstill, suppressed, restrained, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
(ifc.) stuffed or filled with, [Lalit.]
stambhakinस्तम्भकिन्m. a kind of musical instrument covered with leather, [L.]
stambhakaraस्तम्भकरstambha—kara mfn. (prob.) causing obstruction, hindering, impeding (in puṇya-st°, q.v.), causing stiffness, paralyzing, [MW.]
stambha—kara m. a fence, railing, [W.]
stambhanīyaस्तम्भनीयmfn. to be fixed or stopped or checked (its a-st°), [MBh.]
to be treated with styptics, [Car.]
stambhanakaस्तम्भनकmf(ikA)n. making solid, solidifying, [HPariś.]
stambhapūjāस्तम्भपूजाstambha—pūjā f. worship of the posts (of the temporary pavilions erected for marriages or other festive occasions), [MW.]
stambhavatīस्तम्भवतीstambha—vatī f. N. of a city, [Siṃhās.]
stambhamitraस्तम्भमित्रstambha—mitra m. N. of a Ṛṣi (= stamba-m°), [IndSt.]
stambhatīrthaस्तम्भतीर्थstambha—tīrtha n. N. of a place, [Pañcat.]
stambhitāśruस्तम्भिताश्रुmfn. one who has suppressed his tears, [ib.]
stambhitatvaस्तम्भितत्वstambhita—tva n. the being checked or impeded (in sarva-loka-bhayāst°).
stambhakāraṇaस्तम्भकारणstambha—kāraṇa n. cause of obstruction or impediment, [MW.]
stambhotkīrṇaस्तम्भोत्कीर्णmfn. carved out of a wooden post (as a statue), [MW.]
stambhabhañjakaस्तम्भभञ्जकstambha—bhañjaka m. ‘pillar-breaker’, N. of an elephant, [Mṛcch.]
stambhitarambhaस्तम्भितरम्भstambhita—rambha n. N. of a Troṭaka (cf. rambhā-stambhana), [Sāh.]
stambhanādividhiस्तम्भनादिविधिstambhanādi-vidhi m. N. of a Mantra.
stambhanaprakāraस्तम्भनप्रकारstambhana—prakāra m. N. of a medic. work.
stambhitabāṣpavṛttiस्तम्भितबाष्पवृत्तिstambhita—bāṣpa-vṛtti mfn. suppressing the flow of tears, [MW.]