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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for स्तम्ब

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. स्तम्बstambaA clump of grass &c.; ब्रह्मस्तम्बनिकुञ्जपुञ्जितधनज्याघोषघोरं धनुः Mv.3. 48; आरण्यकोपात्तफलप्रसूतिः स्तम्बेन…

    [स्था-अम्बच् किच्च पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Uṇ.4.96]

    1. A clump of grass etc.; ब्रह्मस्तम्बनिकुञ्जपुञ्जितधनज्याघोषघोरं धनुः Mv.3. 48; आरण्यकोपात्तफलप्रसूतिः स्तम्बेन नीवार इवावशिष्टः R.5.15.
    2. A sheaf of corn; as in स्तम्बकरिता quod vide, which see
    3. A cluster, clump or bunch (in general); (कीचक)स्तम्बाडम्बरमूकमौकुलि- कुलः क्रौञ्चावतोऽयं गिरिः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.29; R.15.19.
    4. A bush, thicket.
    5. A shrub or plant having no decided stem.
    6. The post of which an elephant is tied.
    7. A post; column; पांशुस्तम्बा बलानां तुरगखुरपुटक्षोदलब्धात्मलाभाः Mu. 5.23.
    8. Stupefaction, insensibility; (probably for स्तभ in these two senses).
    9. A mountain.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -करि Adjective forming sheaves or clusters. (-रिः) corn, rice.

    • -करिता forming sheaves or clusters, abundant or luxuriant growth; न शालेः स्तम्बकरिता वप्तुर्गुणमपेक्षते Mu.1.3.

    • -गहन Adjective overgrown with thickets; Kau. Atmanepada 2.2.

    • -घनः

      1. a small hoe for weeding clumps of grass.
      2. a sickle for cutting corn.
      3. a basket for holding the heads of wild rice.

    • -घ्नः, -घातः, -हन्, -हननम्, -नी a sickle for cutting corn, a hoe.

    • -पुरम् Name of a city (ताम्रलिप्त).

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. स्तम्बstambam. (prob. phonetic variation of स्तम्भ) a clump or tuft of grass, any clump or bunch or cluster AV. &c.
    1. masculine gender (probably phonetic variation of स्तम्भ) a clump or tuft of grass, any clump or bunch or cluster AV. etc.
    2. masculine gender a sheaf of corn Lexicographers a bush, thicket Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender a shrub or plant having no decided stem (such as the Jhin2t2i1 झिण्टी or Barleria) Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender the post to which an elephant is tied (wrongly inferred from स्तम्बे-रम quod vide) Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender a mountain Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender Name of various men Hariv. Pur.
    7. neuter gender (in these senses probably wrong reading for स्तम्भ, masculine gender) a post, pillar in general W.
    8. neuter gender stupidity, insensibility W.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. स्तम्बstamba[stambá] m. bunch, tuft (esp. of grass): -kari, a. forming bunches: -tâ, f. formation of (abundant) sheaves or…

    [stambá] masculine bunch, tuft (especially of grass): -kari, adjective forming bunches: -tâ, feminine; also equal for formation of (abundant) sheaves or clusters (of rice).

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · स्तम्ब

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