Stamba, Staṃba: 15 definitions

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Stamba means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Stamba (स्तम्ब) refers to a “blade of grass”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.44 (“Menā regains consciousness”).—Accordingly, as Viṣṇu said to Menā: “[...] Whatever is seen in the universe from Brahmā down to a blade of grass (ābrahma-stamba-paryanta) is identical with Śiva. Know it. There need not be any hesitation in this matter. He alone, in the course of his divine sport, has incarnated himself in divine form. It was by the fascination of Pārvatī’s penance that He has come to your threshold. Hence, O wife of Himavat, eschew your sorrow. Worship Śiva. You will have great pleasure. All pain will be quelled”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Stamba (स्तम्ब).—A Kaśyapa and one of the seven sages of Svārociṣa epoch.*

  • * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 17.
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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Stamba (स्तम्ब) refers to a tree (mahīja) without a trunk, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Stamba] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Stamba (स्तम्ब) in the Atharvaveda and later denotes a ‘tuft of grass’, or more generally a ‘bunch’ or ‘cluster’.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

stamba (स्तंब).—m S A tuft, a clump, a bunch: also a tufty or bunchy plant, a low and close-growing shrub.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

stamba (स्तंब).—m A tuft, a bunch.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Stamba (स्तम्ब).—[sthā-ambac kicca pṛṣo° Uṇādi-sūtra 4.96]

1) A clump of grass &c; ब्रह्मस्तम्बनिकुञ्जपुञ्जितधनज्याघोषघोरं धनुः (brahmastambanikuñjapuñjitadhanajyāghoṣaghoraṃ dhanuḥ) Mv.3. 48; आरण्यकोपात्तफलप्रसूतिः स्तम्बेन नीवार इवावशिष्टः (āraṇyakopāttaphalaprasūtiḥ stambena nīvāra ivāvaśiṣṭaḥ) R.5.15.

2) A sheaf of corn; as in स्तम्बकरिता (stambakaritā) q. v.

3) A cluster, clump or bunch (in general); (kīcaka)स्तम्बाडम्बरमूकमौकुलि- कुलः क्रौञ्चावतोऽयं गिरिः (stambāḍambaramūkamaukuli- kulaḥ krauñcāvato'yaṃ giriḥ) Uttararāmacarita 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 (pāṃśustambā balānāṃ turagakhurapuṭakṣodalabdhātmalābhāḥ) Mu. 5.23.

8) Stupefaction, insensibility; (probably for stabha in these two senses).

9) A mountain.

Derivable forms: stambaḥ (स्तम्बः).

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

Stamba (स्तम्ब).—m.

(-mbaḥ) 1. A shrub, a plant that has no particular or decided stem. 2. A clump of grass, a sheaf of corn, &c. 3. The post to which an elephant is tied. 4. A mountain. 5. A bush, a thicket. 6. Stupefaction, insensibility, (probably for stambha in this sense.) n.

(-mbaṃ) 1. A post, a pillar in general. 2. Stupidity, insensibility. E. ṣṭhā to stand or abide, ambac Unadi aff., kicca .

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

Stamba (स्तम्ब).— (cf. stambh), I. m. 1. A post to which an elephant is tied. 2. A mountain. 3. A shrub. 4. A clump of grass, a cluster, [Pañcatantra] 140, 25. Ii. n. 1. A post. 2. Stupidity insensibility.

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

Stamba (स्तम्ब).—[masculine] bunch, [especially] grass-bunch.

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

1) Stamba (स्तम्ब):—m. ([probably] phonetic variation of stambha) a clump or tuft of grass, any clump or bunch or cluster, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.

2) a sheaf of corn, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] a bush, thicket, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) a shrub or plant having no decided stem (such as the Jhiṇṭī or Barleria), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) the post to which an elephant is tied (wrongly inferred from stambe-rama q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) a mountain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Name of various men, [Harivaṃśa; Purāṇa]

7) n. (in these senses [probably] [wrong reading] for stambha, m.) a post, pillar in general, [Horace H. Wilson]

8) stupidity, insensibility, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Stamba (स्तम्ब):—(mbaḥ) 1. m. A shrub; clump of grass; elephant’s post; a mountain. n. A post; stupidity.

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

Stamba (स्तम्ब) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Thaṃba.

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Stamba in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Staṃba (ಸ್ತಂಬ):—

1) [noun] a stalk of hay.

2) [noun] a bunch or cluster of flowers, fruits, etc.

3) [noun] a large number of plants grown together or a thick bush.

4) [noun] a post for tying elephants.

5) [noun] a pillar or a column.

6) [noun] a hill or mountain.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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