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Vishtambh, Viṣṭmbh: 3 definitions

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Vishtambh means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Viṣṭmbh can be transliterated into English as Vistambh or Vishtambh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viṣṭmbh (विष्टम्भ�).�5, 9 P.

1) To stop, obstruct; आहोस्वित� प्रसवो ममापचरितैर्विष्टम्भितो वीरुधाम् (āhosvit prasavo mamāpacaritairviṣṭmbhito vīrudhām) Ś.5.9.

2) To fix, plant, rest on; अत्युच्छ्रित� मन्त्रिण� पार्थिवे � विष्टभ्य पादावुपतिष्ठते श्री� (atyucchrite mantriṇi pārthive ca viṣṭbhya pādāvupatiṣṭhate śrī�) Mu. 4.13.

3) To strengthen, to support; विष्टब्ध� विद्रुमस्तम्भै- र्वैदूर्यफलकोत्तमै� (viṣṭbdha� vidrumastambhai- rvaidūryaphalakottamai�) Bhāgavata 1.69.9.

4) To pervade, permeate; विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशे� स्थितो जगत् (viṣṭbhyāhamida� kṛtsnamekāṃśena sthito jagat) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.42.

5) To ascertain, settle; पार्श्वत� करणं प्राज्ञो विष्टम्भित्व� प्रकारयेत् (pārśvata� karaṇa� prājño viṣṭmbhitvā prakārayet) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.142.9. -Caus.

1) To obstruct.

2) To paralyse, benumb.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vistambh (विस्तम्भ�).�(ṣṭ) fix, establish, raise (lit. & [figuratively]), make firm, stiff, or immovable, stop, obstruct; lean upon ([accusative]). [Causative] stop, hold back.

Vistambh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and stambh (स्तम्भ�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣṭmbh (विष्टम्भ�):—[=vi-ṣṭmbh] (√sٲ) [Parasmaipada] -ṣṭbhnoti, or پ ([imperfect tense] vy-aṣṭbhnot or [perfect tense] vitaṣṭmbha, [Pāṇini 8-3, 63 etc.]; [indeclinable participle] -ṣṭbhya or -ṣṭmbhitvā),

—to fix asunder, hold or keep apart, prop, fix, fasten, support, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa];

—to strengthen, encourage, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to settle, ascertain, [Mahābhārata xii, 5429];

—to make stiff or rigid, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa];

—to stop, check, restrain, suppress, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to press close against (the mouth), [Yājñavalkya];

—to plant (the feet) firmly, [Hitopadeśa];

—to lean on or against ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to stiffen id est. fill through and through, pervade, permeate, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to stuff (intr.), swell, remain undigested (in the stomach), [Suśruta] :

‰ڰ䲹ܲ -ṣṭ󲹳-󲹲ⲹپ, te ([Aorist] vy-atastambhat, [Pāṇini 8-3, 116]), to cause to stop, check, arrest, obstruct, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to cause or produce (illness) by obstruction, [Catalogue(s)];

—to paralyse, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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