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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Stabh (स्तभ्).—See स्तम्भ् (stambh).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ṣṭabh (ष्टभ्).—[(i)ṣṭabhi] r. 1st cl. (stambhate) 1. To stop or hinder, to oppose, to impede, to resist or prevent. 2. To be stupid or dull, to be inanimate or insensible. 3. To be fixed as a post. 4. To be astounded or stupefied. 5. To be paralysed; also stabh .

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

1) Stabh (स्तभ्):—or stambh (connected with √skambh q.v.; in native lists written stanbh) [class] 5. 9. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxi, 7]) stabhnoti, stabhnāti (cf. [Pāṇini 3-1, 82]), or [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([x, 26]) stambhate ([present participle] also stambhat, [Harivaṃśa], stabhamāna q.v. [Aitareya-āraṇyaka]; [perfect tense] tastambha, mbhat, tastabhuḥ, p. tastabhvas, vānd, [Ṛg-veda]; tastabhāna, tastambhe, [Mahābhārata]; [Aorist] astambhīt; astāmpsīt, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]; astabhat [grammar]; [future] stambhitā, bhiṣyati, [ib.]; [infinitive mood] stabdhum, [Kathāsaritsāgara]; [indeclinable participle] stabdhvā, [Atharva-veda] etc.; stambhitvā, [Mahābhārata]; -stabhya and -stambham, [Brāhmaṇa]),

—to fix firmly, support, sustain, prop ([especially] the heavens), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa];

—to support or hold up by contact with, reach up to ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa];

—to stop, stop up, arrest, make stiff or immovable, paralyze, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

— ([Ātmanepada]) to rest or lean on ([locative case]), [Harṣacarita];

—to become stiff or immovable, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to become solid, [Mahābhārata xii, 6807] :—[Passive voice] stabhyate ([Aorist] astambhi), to be firmly fixed or supported or propped etc., [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.:—[Causal] stabhāyati, to make firm, support, [Ṛg-veda];

—to stop, arrest, [ib.];

— stambhayati, te ([Aorist] atastambhat), to fix, establish, erect, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to make stiff or rigid, paralyze, [Suśruta];

—to make solid, [ib.];

—to stop, arrest (also by magic), suppress, check, restrain, [ib.] :—[Desiderative] tistambhiṣati [grammar]:—[Intensive] tāstabhyate[ib.]

2) cf. [Greek] στέμφυλον, στέμβω, στείβω; [Lithuanian] stambras, stimbras; [German] stampfôn, stampfen; [English] stamp, stump.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ṣṭabh (ष्टभ्):—(i ṅa) stambhate 1. d. To be or become stiff, motionless, fixed, paralyzed, stupid; to stop or hinder.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Stabh (स्तभ्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Thabbha.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Starts with: Stabha, Stabhamana, Stabhara, Stabhi, Stabhita, Stabhu, Stabhuy, Stabhuya.

Ends with: Avastabh.

Full-text (+64): Stabdha, Stambh, Stabhu, Uttabhita, Stabdham, Stambhayana, Stabdhi, Uttabdha, Stambhani, Stabdhaksha, Stabdhoda, Stabdhashrotra, Stabdhanayana, Thabbha, Stabdhamati, Stambhibhu, Stabdhasakthita, Vishtabdhi, Stabdharomakupata, Stabdhabahu.

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