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stambha: masculine vocative singular stem: stambha

Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

droṇaḥ	3.3.55	Masculine	Singular	stambhaḥ, veśma

Monier-Williams Search

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stambha

m. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(ā-).) a post, pillar, column, stem (as of a tree;also improperly applied to an arm)

etc.

stambha

m. support, propping, strengthening

stambha

m. inflation, pretentiousness, arrogance

etc.

stambha

m. fixedness, stiffness, rigidity, torpor, paralysis, stupefaction

etc.

stambha

m. becoming hard or solid

stambha

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)

stambha

m. filling up, stuffing

stambha

m. Name of a particular adhyāya-

Va1rtt. 1

stambha

m. of a ṛṣi- etc.

(see gaRa kuñjādi-and śaunakādi-).

Macdonell Search

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stambha	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.

Vedic Index of
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stambha	‘Pillar,’ is found in the Kāthaka Saiphitā, and often in the Sūtras. Earlier Skambha is used, but only metaphorically.

Vedabase Search

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stambha	a memorial column	CC Madhya 16.114-115

stambha	a stunned condition	CC Madhya 6.208

stambha	because of this impudence	SB 8.22.27

stambha	becoming stunned	CC Antya 2.19

		CC Madhya 25.68

stambha	being stunned	CC Madhya 12.63

		CC Madhya 13.84

		CC Madhya 15.279

		CC Madhya 2.72

		CC Madhya 3.162

		CC Madhya 9.238

stambha	columns	SB 10.81.28

stambha	false pride	SB 10.27.17

stambha	impudence	SB 7.4.31-32

stambha	of columns	SB 10.89.52

stambha	of pillars	SB 7.4.9-12

stambha	paralysis	CC Madhya 8.24

stambha	shock	CC Madhya 4.202

stambha	Stambha	SB 8.1.20

stambha	stunned	CC Madhya 13.107

DCS with thanks

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stambha	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)) Verhaltung img/alchemy.bmp [medic.] Steifheit Frequency rank 1265/72933

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stambha	stiffness of body parts and joints.

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