or 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.]