staṃbhaḥ

Dictionary meanings for staṃbhaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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staṃbhaḥ

Normalized lookup: stambhah

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[staṃbh-ac] 1 Fixedness, stiffness, rigidity, motionlessness; raṃbhā staṃbhaṃ bhajati Vikr. 18. 29; Ki. 12. 28; gātrastaṃbhaḥ stanamukulayorutprabaṃdhaḥ prakaṃpaḥ Māl. 2. 5; tatsaṃkalpopahitajāḍi- ma staṃbhamabhyoti gātraṃ 1. 35, 4. 2.

2 Insensibility, stupefaction, stupor, numbness, paralysis.

3 Stoppage, obstruction, hindrance; so'paśyatpraṇi- dhānena saṃtateḥ staṃbhakāraṇaṃ R. 1. 74; vā- kstaṃbhaṃ nāṭayati...

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