In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Saṃstambha (संस्तम्भ):—Retention, Stiffness

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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.

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (p)

Saṃstambha (संस्तम्भ) or Saṃstambhaka refers to “(being engaged in) stalling” (of poison, demoniac elements, etc.), and is mentioned in the meditation on Garuḍa in the Pṛthvīmaṇḍala, according to the second chapter of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā (Toxicology).—The Kāśyapasaṃhitā describes the different forms of Garuḍa in the five bhūta-maṇḍalas on which the aspirant has to meditate upon to cure the snake-bite victim from the poison which could have killed him. In the Bhūmaṇḍala (or Pṛthvīmaṇḍala), Garuḍa who resembles the golden mountain, must be meditated upon as one rejoicing in four chants of svāhā and innumerable serpents with the cakra or discus, clad in white, sacred thread with massive shoulders touching the heights of the sky and a huge body, ever engaged in stalling (saṃstambhaka) poison, demoniac elements and so on.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃstambha (संस्तम्भ).—

1) Support, prop.

2) Confirming, strengthening, fixing.

3) Stop, stay.

4) Stupefaction, paralysis.

5) Obstinacy.

Derivable forms: saṃstambhaḥ (संस्तम्भः).

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

Saṃstambha (संस्तम्भ).—m.

(-mbhaḥ) 1. Fixing, making firm, (as a post.) 2. Confirming, establishing. 3. Paralysis, muscular rigidity. 4. Stop, stay. E. sam before stabhi to stop, ghañ aff.

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

Saṃstambha (संस्तम्भ).—i. e. sam-stambh + a, m. 1. Fixing, making firm (as a post). 2. Confirming. 3. Stop. 4. Paralysis.

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

Saṃstambha (संस्तम्भ).—[masculine] pertinacy, resistance.

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

1) Saṃstambha (संस्तम्भ):—[=saṃ-stambha] [from saṃ-stambh] m. obstinacy, pertinacity, firmness in resistance, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Nirukta, by Yāska; Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] support, prop, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] fixing, making flrm, [ib.]

4) [v.s. ...] stop, stay, [ib.]

5) [v.s. ...] paralysis, muscular rigidity, [ib.]

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

Saṃstambha (संस्तम्भ):—[saṃ-stambha] (mbhaḥ) 1. m. Making firm; paralysis; stop; establishing.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samstambha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Stambha, Sam.

Starts with: Samstambhaka, Samstambhana, Samstambhaniya, Samstambhayishu, Samstambhayitar, Samstambhayitri.

Ends with: Samjnasamstambha.

Full-text: Samstambhin, Samstambhita, Samstambhaniya, Samstambhayishu, Samstambhayitri, Samstambh.

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