m. stoppage, obstruction, suppression (also the magical arresting of any feeling or force, as of hunger, thirst, or of the forces of water, fire etc. as taught in the tantra-s)
स्तम्भः [स्तम्भ्-अच्] 1 Fixedness, stiffness, rigidity, motionlessness; रम्भा स्तम्भं भजति Vikr.18.29; Ki.12. 28; गात्रस्तम्भः स्तनमुकुलयोरुत्प्रबन्धः प्रकम्पः Māl.2.5; तत्संकल्पो- पहितजडिम स्तम्भमभ्येति गात्रम् 1.35;4.2. -2 Insensibility, stupefaction, stupor, numbness, paralysis. -3 Stoppage, obstruction, hindrance; सो$पश्यत् प्रणिधानेन संततेः स्तम्भ- कारणम् R.1.74; वाक्स्तम्भं नाटयति Māl.8. -4 Restraint, curbing, suppressing; कृतश्चित्तस्तम्भः प्रतिहतधियामञ्जलिरपि Bh.3.6. -5 Prop, support, fulcrum; नासिराबन्धनार्थाय न शराः स्तम्भहेतवः Rām.2.23.3. -6 A pillar, column, post. -7 A stem, trunk (of a tree). -8 Stupidity. -9 Absence of feeling or excitability. -1 The suppression of any force or feeling by supernatural or magical means. -11 Stiff-neckedness; जन्मकर्मवयोरूपविद्यैश्वर्य- धनादिभिः । यद्यस्य न भवेत् स्तम्भस्तत्रायं मदनुग्रहः Bhāg.8.22.26. -12 Filling up, stuffing. -Comp. -उत्कीर्ण a. carved out of a post of wood (as a statue). -कर a. 1 paralysing, benumbing. -2 obstructing. (-रः) a fence. -कारणम् cause of obstruction or impediment. -पूजा worship of the posts of temporary pavilions erected for marriages or other occasions of solemnity.
स्तम्भनम् [स्तम्भयति स्तम्भ्-णिच् ल्युट्] 1 Stopping, obstructing, hindering, arresting, suppressing, restraining; लोलोल्लोलक्षुभितकरणोज्जृम्भणस्तम्भनार्थम् U.3.36. -2 Paralysing, benumbing, stupefying. -3 Quieting, composure; पराङ्मुखे$पि दैवे$त्र कृत्यं कार्यं विपश्चिता । आत्मदोष- विनाशाय खचित्तस्तम्भनाय च ॥ Pt.1.36. -4 Making firm or stiff, fixing firmly. -5 Propping, supporting. -6 Stopping the flow of blood. -7 Anything employed as an astringent. -8 A particular magical art or faculty; see स्तम्भ (1). -नः N. of one of the five arrows of Cupid.
m. prop, post, pillar, column, (slender) stem (also fig. of arms; V., C.; ord. mg.); strengthening, support (rare); rigidness, fixedness; stupefaction, paralysis; stoppage, obstruction, suppression (also by magical means); pride, arrogance: -ka, a. stopping, arresting; m. N. of an attendant of Siva.
m. becoming rigid; -stará, m. (that which is strewn forth), straw bed, couch of grass or leaves, litter; couch of (--°ree;); bunch of sacrificial grass; flat surface, pavement, terrace; plain, plateau; stone, rock; section, paragraph; -starana, n. couch, seat; -stava, m. song of praise.
noun (masculine) a post (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
arrogance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
becoming hard or solid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
column (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
filling up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fixedness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inflation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a ṣi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a particular Adhyāya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
obstruction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
paralysis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pillar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pretentiousness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
propping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rigidity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stem (as of a tree) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stiffness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stoppage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strengthening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stuffing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stupefaction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
suppression (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
torpor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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adjective arresting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
astringent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stopping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
styptic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a means of making stiff or rigid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular magical art or faculty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a styptic or astringent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
arresting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
becoming stiff or rigid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
making stiff or rigid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
paralysing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stopping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stopping flow of blood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strengthening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
supporting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of turning into a pillar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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adjective arresting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
astringent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
checking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
making rigid or immovable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
paralyzing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
restraining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stiffening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stopping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
styptic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 10 ātmanepada) to arrest
to arrest
to check
to erect
to establish
to fix
to make solid
to make stiff or rigid
to paralyze
to restrain
to stop
to suppress
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noun (masculine) base (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
basis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
encouragement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excitement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ground (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
incitement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
occasion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strengthening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
support of life (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 10 parasmaipada) to erect (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to raise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to set up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) firmness in resistance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fixing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
making firm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
muscular rigidity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
obstinacy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
paralysis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pertinacity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) an obstructive remedy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
arresting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stopping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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