Vishkambhayati, Viṣkambhayati: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Viṣkambhayati can be transliterated into English as Viskambhayati or Vishkambhayati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryViṣkambhayati (विष्कम्भयत�) or Viṣkambhate.�(= Pali vikkhambheti; in Sanskrit essentially Vedic, replaced in Cl. by vi-ṣṭambh-; and only partly in these mgs.), (1) primarily, makes fast, fixes firmly: kim ity aham ato siṃhaviṣkambhitena (see this) viṣkambhayeyam (text viklambh-both times for viṣkambh-; or possibly for MIndic vikkhambh-?) Śٲ-ñ 110.19, shall I then make (sc. creatures) firm with lion's firmness ?; used of holding the mouth open, as with a gag (compare prec.), tato sāna� (sc. of the damned in hell) naraka-pālā� ayo- viṣkambhanebhi mukha� viṣkambhayitvā Ѳ屹ٳ i.8.(2�)3; (tatas te, sc. yama-puruṣāḥ, taptāyoguḍ�) mukhe (sc. of the damned) viṣkambhante (prop, fix), dahyante, teṣām oṣṭham (so read for text īṣṭam, compare پ屹Բ 375.13) api dantāni viśīryante ṇḍū 37.6; (ayomayena viṣkambhanena) mukha- dvāra� viṣkambhya پ屹Բ 375.(10�)11, 18 (also of the damned); (2) blocks, suppresses, especially the hindrances (nīvaraṇāni; so also in Pali): (pañca nīvaraṇāni) viṣkam- bhitāni Ѳ屹ٳ i.148.1; (3) lit. blocks, stops, and so completely fills or covers (so Sanskrit viṣṭambhita, [Boehtlingk and Roth] s.v. stabh with vi, caus., 2 b): Māyā ca devī…vividhābharaṇa-viṣkambhita- bhujā Lalitavistara 41.8 (prose; only v.l. viṣkabhita), her arms completely covered with various ornaments; Tibetan śin tu rgyan te, being well ornamented; Foucaux couvert, on Sanskrit and Tibetan
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Full-text: Vishkambhin, Simhavishkambhita, Vishkambhate.
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