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viṣṭambh

vi-ṣṭambh (√ stambh) P. -ṣṭabhnoti, or °nāti (impf. vy-aṣṭabhnot or °nāt pf. vitaṣṭambha, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 63] &c.; ind.p. -ṣṭabhya or -ṣṭambhitvā), to fix asunder, hold or keep apart, prop, fix, fasten, support, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to strengthen, encourage, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; to settle, ascertain, [MBh. xii, 5429]; to make stiff or rigid, [MBh.]; [R.]; [MārkP.]; to stop, check, restrain, suppress, [BhP.]; to press close against (the mouth), [Yājñ.]; to plant (the feet) firmly, [Hit.]; to lean on or against (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to stiffen i.e. fill through and through, pervade, permeate, [MBh.]; [R.]; to stuff (intr.), swell, remain undigested (in the stomach), [Suśr.] : Caus. -ṣṭham-bhayati, °te (aor. vy-atastambhat, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 116]), to cause to stop, check, arrest, obstruct, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to cause or produce (illness) by obstruction, [Cat.]; to paralyse, [MW.]