Apte Dictionary

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Entry स्तम्भ्

स्तम्भ्stambhTo stop, arrest.
1. To stop, arrest.
2. To make firm or regid.
3. To paralyze.
4. To prop, support.
5. To suppress, check.
Derived forms and compounds
- स्तम्भ् stambh
  
  1 Ā.; 5, 9 Parasmaipada (स्तम्भते, स्तभ्नोति, स्तभ्नाति, स्तम्भित or स्तब्ध; the स् of the root being changed to ष् after prepositions ending in इ or उ and also after अव)
  
  To stop, hinder, arrest, suppress; कण्ठः स्तम्भितबाष्पवृत्ति- कलुषः Ś.5.4.
  
  To make firm or stiff, to make immoveable.
  
  To stupefy, paralyze, benumb; प्राणा दध्वंसिरे गात्रं तस्मम्भे च प्रिये हते Bk.14.55.
  
  To prop support, uphold, sustain.
  
  To become stiff, rigid or immoveable.
  
  To be proud or elated, be stiff-necked.
  
  To occupy, spread; ततः पुण्याहघोषोऽभूद्दिवं स्तब्ध्वेव भारत Mb.12.38.19. (The following verse illustrates the root in its different conjugations: स्तम्भते पुरुषः प्रायो यौवनेन धनेन च । न स्तभ्नाति क्षितीशोऽपि न स्तभ्नोति युवाप्यसौ ॥). -Causal (स्तम्भयति-ते)
In the Gita3·43 10·42

एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना ।

evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā saṁstabhyātmānamātmanā, — Thus awakening by the understanding to the Highest which is beyond even the discerning mind, putting force on the self by the self to make it firm and… 3·43
- संस्तभ्यsaṁstabhyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root stambh (to fix firmly, support) with the prefix sam.
- विष्टभ्यviṣṭabhyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root stambh (to fix firmly, support) with the prefix vi (to support pervasively).
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