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stambha स्तम्भ – stoppage; arrest; retention

substantive masculine

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

stoppage; arrest; retention

Derived from

  1. stambh स्तम्भ् verbal root — prop; stop; stiffen; render motionless
  2. a अ suffix — nominal-forming suffix -a
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

stambha ·m. post, column, prop, support (lit. & fig.); fixedness, stiffness, immobility; obstruction, hindrance, suppression; arrogance, haughtiness.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Stambha, as, m. fixedness, stiffness, rigidity; immobility, a prop, support, fulcrum; a pillar, column, post; a stem, stock, trunk; insensibility, stupor, stupefaction (from fear, joy, grief, &c.); numbness, paralysis, torpor; stupidity, coldness, want of feeling or excitability; stoppage, obstruction, hin- drance; suppression; a particular faculty acquired by magical means, the supernatural suppression or ar- resting of any feeling or force (as of hunger, thirst, or the forces of fire, water, &c.; this is one of the ṣaṭ-karman described as taught in the Tantras, see p. 1032, col. 3; many varieties of Stambha are enumerated, e. g. jala-st˚, vahni-st˚, vāyu-st˚, kṣut-st˚, pipāsā-st˚, nidrā-st˚, and in the case of the first of these one effect of this faculty is to enable a person to walk on the waters); N. of a Ṛṣi; [cf. Angl. Sax. steb.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

stambha (von stambh) m. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā. 1〉 Pfosten, Pfeiler, Säule AK. 3,4,13,53. AK. 3,4,22,137 H. 1014. MED. bh. 10. HALĀY. 2,66. HALĀY. 5,48. KĀṬH. 30,9. KĀṬH. 31,1. śālā˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 7,1,36. KĀTY. ŚR. 8,3,7. PĀR. GṚHY. 3,4. PĀR. GṚHY. 3,14. MBH. 1,1753. MBH. 2,433. MBH. 2,1982. MBH. 3,1779. MBH. 3,2193. MBH. 4,796. MBH. 13,2076. tvayyeva jagataḥ stambhe śāśvatī jagatī sthitā HARIV. 3771. śaila˚ HARIV. 3953. kāñcana˚ HARIV. 6729. R. 3,61,7. R. 4,41,67. R. 5,10,9. R. 5,72,15. R. 6,15,25. stambho bhūtvā tiṣṭhāmi MṚCCH. 50,12. MṚCCH. 92,4. RAGH. 1,41. RAGH. 16,17. ŚIŚ. 5,48. baddhaḥ stambhe Spr. (II) 5789. vinā stambhaṃ yathā geham Spr. (II) 6141. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,74. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,27. fgg. (verschiedene Arten von Säulen). VARĀH. BṚH. S. 76. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 112. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 97,6. KATHĀS. 26,44. KATHĀS. 29,59. KATHĀS. 34,145. KATHĀS. 37,8. KATHĀS. 45,136. RĀJA-TAR. 5,107. RĀJA-TAR. 6,96. BHĀG. P. 3,23,13. BHĀG. P. 7,8,13. BHĀG. P. 7,8,15. BHĀG. P. 7,8,18. PAÑCAR. 1,7,56. HIT. 64,7. devatāpratimā˚ KĀM. NĪTIS. 17,51. harmya˚ RĀJA-TAR. 4,23. meḍhī˚ BHĀG. P. 5,23,2. trailokyanagarārambhamūla˚ Z. d. d. m. G. 27,52. dhvaja˚ RAGH. 7,59. kīrti˚ Ruhmessäule RAGH. 15,103. anala˚ Feuersäule LIṄGA-P._bei_MUIR, ST. 4,326,11. fg. bhuja˚ der Arm als Säule RĀJA-TAR. 2,63. doḥ˚ RĀJA-TAR. 3,98. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 181,b,6. Baumstamm PAÑCAT. 10,7. HIT. 49,11. śāla˚ MBH. 1,3066. MBH. 2,825. MBH. 5,5856. kadalī˚ Spr. (II) 4823. MEGH. 94. WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 270. BHĀG. P. 4,9,54. BHĀG. P. 4,21,3. rambhā˚ Spr. (II) 6468, v. l. (vgl. SĀH. D. 155,12). ŚRUT. (BR.) 44 (wir trennen rambhāstambhoru kānte). PAÑCAR. 1,7,34. — 2〉 Befestigung, Kräftigung, Unterstützung: bīja˚ so v. a. Samenvermehrung Verz. d. Oxf. H. 319,b, No. 758. cittastambhaṃ kar so v. a. sich zusammennehmen Spr. (II) 2047. — 3〉 Erstarrung, Festwerdung: stambhaṃ nīyate 'mbho mayāmbudheḥ RĀJA-TAR. 3,69. Unbeweglichkeit KIR. 12,29. Erstarrung des Körpers oder der Glieder, Lähmung (momentane vor Schreck u. s. w. oder anhaltende); = jaḍībhāva AK. 3,4,22,137. = jāḍya H. 305. = jaḍatva MED. = stabdhatva HALĀY. 5,48. stambhaśceṣṭāpratīghāto bhayaharṣāmayādibhiḥ SĀH. D. 167. SĀH. D. 166. SĀH. D. 171. SĀH. D. 230. SĀH. D. 237. PRATĀPAR. 48,b,6. PRATĀPAR. 50,b,3. SUŚR. 1,251,17. SUŚR. 2,37,15. SUŚR. 2,38,1. upaiti stambhamadhikam MĀRK. P. 68,29. stambhamabhyeti gātram MĀLATĪM. 21,7. deha˚ MĀLATĪM. 80,7. ūru˚ (s. auch bes.) KĀṬH. 36,8. MBH. 5,2757. MBH. 10,400. MBH. 12,10107. HARIV. 13502. grīvā˚ SUŚR. 2,253,1. — 4〉 Hemmung; Bannung (durch Zaubermittel): anila˚ SUŚR. 2,140,16. saṃtateḥ RAGH. 1,74. bāṣpa˚ UTTARAR. 34,3 (45,5). śakti˚ ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 223. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 230,a,44. vahni˚, jala˚ PAÑCAR. 2,3,78. sarva˚ 97. manaḥ˚, hṛdaḥ PAÑCAR. 4,57. PAÑCAR. 8,18 (wohl hṛdāṃ st. mṛdāṃ zu lesen). Verz. d. Oxf. H. 97,b,35 (Bannspruch). Verz. d. Oxf. H. 98,a,6. vivādasainya˚ 3. śastra˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 322,b,27. Verz. d. B. H. No. 905. — 5〉 Vollstopfung, Anfüllung: na śarāḥ stambhahetavaḥ die Pfeile sind nicht dazu da um (den Köcher) vollzustopfen R. 2,23,31 (R. 2,20,36 GORR.). stambhaḥ kasyacitkāṣṭhāderadhaḥpatanapratiṣedhaḥ Comm. in der ed. Bomb. — 6〉 Aufgeblasenheit, anspruchvolles Wesen (vgl. stabdha) MBH. 12,5943. MBH. 12,8034. MBH. 13,1008. MBH. 13,4990 (zu lesen dveṣaḥ stambho 'bhi˚ mit der ed. Bomb.). MBH. 14,998. R. 5,85,9. Spr. (II) 1976. Spr. (II) 5883. KĀM. NĪTIS. 4,18. KĀM. NĪTIS. 4,29. KĀM. NĪTIS. 5,13. BHĀG. P. 7,4,32. fg. BHĀG. P. 8,22,26. BHĀG. P. 9,6,47. fg. BHĀG. P. 10,25,6. BHĀG. P. 10,27,13. fg. BHĀG. P. 10,25,17. fg. BHĀG. P. 11,25,3. — 7〉 N. pr. eines Mannes gaṇa kuñjādi zu P. 4,1,99. śaunakādi zu P. 4,3,106. eines Ṛṣi VP. 260. ūrjasvalaḥ st. ūrjaḥ stambaḥ die gedr. Ausg., ūrjastamma BHĀG. P., stamba eine von HALL erwähnte v. l. — 8〉 fehlerhaft für stamba in brahmādistambhaparyanteṣu ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 156. — Vgl. agni˚, anakṣa˚, uraḥ˚, ūru˚, ūrja˚, kastambhī, jaya˚, jala˚, diviṣṭambha, dvāra˚, dhanuḥ˚, niḥ˚, nirahaṃ˚, netra˚, pāda˚, bandha˚, maṇi˚, manyā˚, raṇa˚, vāk˚, śilā˚, su˚, smara˚, stāmbhāyana, stāmbhin.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

stambha m. und stambhīya adj. Bez. eines best. Adhyāya PAT. a. a. O. 5,43,b.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

stambha m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Pfosten, Pfeiler, Säule. Uneigentlich von Armen und schlanken Baumstämmen. — 2〉 Befestigung, Kräftigung, Unterstützung. — 3〉 Steifheit, Unbeweglichkeit, Lähmung (momentane vor Schreck u. s. w. oder anhaltende) NAIṢ. 6,52. — 4〉 Erstarrung, Festwerdung (des Wassers). — 5〉 Hemmung, Bannung durch Zaubermittel; Bannspruch. — 6〉 Hemmung, Unterdrückung. — 7〉 Vollstopfung, Anfüllung. — 8〉 Aufgeblasenheit, anspruchsvolles Wesen. — 9〉 Bez. eines best. Adhyāya PAT. zu P. 5,2,60, Vārtt. 1. — 10〉 N. pr. verschiedener Männer. — 11〉 verwechselt mit stamba.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

stambha m. Pfosten, Säule; Befestigung, Unterstüng, Festhaltung, Hemmung, Starrheit, Hochmut.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

stambha stambha m. étai, poteau, pilier, colonne. Stupeur immobile; obstination; stupeur ou insensibilité produite par magie. Qqf. obstacle. stambhakara m. (kṛ) obstacle, barrière. stambhakin m. instrument de musique garni de peau. stambhana n. obstruction, empêchement. Production magique de l'insensibilité. stambhayāmi (c. de stambh) étayer, consolider. Rendre immobile, arrêter, bāhūn les bras, vajram une arme.

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PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 2.49–51: Prāṇāyāma as Breath Suspension 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.21–22: Invisibility and Time of Death 1 occurrence

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