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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃstambh (संस्तम्भ्).—5, 9 P. (caus. also)

1) To stop, restrain, control; प्रयत्नसंस्तम्भितवक्रियाणां कथंचिदीशा मनसां बभूवुः (prayatnasaṃstambhitavakriyāṇāṃ kathaṃcidīśā manasāṃ babhūvuḥ) Ku. 3.34.

2) To paralyze, benumb; वृत्तिः मोहेन संस्तम्भयतेन्द्रिया- णाम् (vṛttiḥ mohena saṃstambhayatendriyā- ṇām) Kumārasambhava 3.73.

3) To take heart or courage, cheer up, compose, collect (oneself); संस्तम्भ राम भद्रं ते मा शुचः पुरुषोत्तम (saṃstambha rāma bhadraṃ te mā śucaḥ puruṣottama) Rām.4.1.115; देवि संस्तम्भयात्मानम् (devi saṃstambhayātmānam) Uttararāmacarita 4.

4) To make firm or immoveable; एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मान- मात्मना (evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmāna- mātmanā) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.43.

5) To support, prop up.

6) To confirm, establish, corroborate.

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

Saṃstambh (संस्तम्भ्):—[=saṃ-√stambh] [Parasmaipada] -stabhnoti, or nāti, to make firm, [Kauśika-sūtra];

—to support, sustain, encourage, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to make rigid (said of water), [Mahābhārata];

—to restrain, check, stop ([especially] by magical means), [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to suppress (tears or sorrow), [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

— [Ātmanepada] (only [imperative] stambhasva) to be firm, take heart or courage, [Nirukta, by Yāska ix, 12] (in, [Rāmāyaṇa iv, 1, 115 [Bombay edition]]-stambha idem; cf. -stabhya) :

—[Causal] -stambhayati, to confirm, strengthen (ātmānam ātmanā, ‘one’s self by one’s self’), encourage, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to take heart or courage, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to make rigid or solid (water), [Mahābhārata; Rājataraṅgiṇī];

—to check, stop, arrest, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to paralyze, [Nalacampū or damayantīkathā];

—to suppress, restrain (grief or tears), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kālidāsa etc.] :—[Desiderative] of [Causal] See saṃ-stambhayiṣu.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sam, Stambh.

Starts with: Samstambha, Samstambhaka, Samstambhana, Samstambhaniya, Samstambhayishu, Samstambhayitar, Samstambhayitri, Samstambhin, Samstambhita.

Ends with: Abhisamstambh, Parisamstambh, Pratisamstambh.

Full-text: Samstabdha, Samstambha, Parisamstambh, Samstambhin, Abhisamstambh, Pratisamstambh, Samstambhita, Samstambhaniya, Samstambhayishu, Samstambhayitri, Samstabhya.

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