स्तभ्

{ stabh }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

स्तभ्   or स्तम्भ् (connected with √ स्कम्भ् q.v.; in native lists written स्तन्भ्) cl. 5. 9. P. ( [Dhātup. xxxi, 7]) स्तभ्नो॑ति, स्तभ्ना॑ति ( cf. [Pāṇ. 3-1, 82]), or cl. 1. Ā. ( x, 26) स्त॑म्भते ( pr. p. also स्तम्भत्, [Hariv.], स्तभमान [ q.v.] [AitĀr.]; pf. तस्त॑म्भ, °म्भत्, तस्तभु॑, p. तस्तभ्व॑स्, °वान्द्, [RV.]; तस्तभान॑, तस्तम्भे, [MBh.]; aor. अ॑स्तम्भीत्; अस्ताम्प्सीत्, [TBr.]; अस्तभत् Gr.; fut. स्तम्भिता, °भिष्यति, ib.; inf. स्तब्धुम्, [Kathās.]; ind.p. स्तब्ध्वा॑, [AV.] &c.; स्तम्भित्वा, [MBh.]; -स्त॑भ्य and -स्तम्भम्, [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. स्तभ्यते ( aor. अस्तम्भि), to be firmly fixed or supported or propped &c., [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.:

Caus. स्तभाय॑ति, to make firm, support, [RV.];

to stop, arrest, ib.;

स्तम्भयति, °ते ( aor. अतस्तम्भत्), 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. तिस्तम्भिषति Gr.:

Intens. तास्तभ्यते ib.
स्तभ्   [ cf. Gk. στέμφυλον, στέμβω, στείβω; Lith. stambras, stimbras; Germ. stampfôn, stampfen; Eng. stamp, stump.]

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स्तभ् [stabh]   See स्तम्भ्.