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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Skambh (स्कम्भ्).—1 Ā., 5, 9 P. (skambhate, skabhnoti, skabhnāti)

1) To create.

2) To stop, hinder, impede, obstruct, curb, restrain; स्कभायत निर्ऋतिं सेधतामतिम् (skabhāyata nirṛtiṃ sedhatāmatim) Ṛv.1.76.4.

3) To prop, support; चस्कम्भ यः स्वरभसाऽस्खलता त्रिपृष्ठम् (caskambha yaḥ svarabhasā'skhalatā tripṛṣṭham) Bhāgavata 2. 7.4. -Caus. (skambhayati-te or skambhāyati-te) To stop &c.

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

Skambh (स्कम्भ्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.], ii. 5, skabhnu and 9, skabhnā, nī, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To make firm (to create), [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 2, 7, 40. 2. To support (ved.). 3. To stop, to obstruet, to impede.

— With the prep. vi vi, [Causal.] viṣkambhita, 1. Impeded, shown away, [Pañcatantra] 29, 6. 2. Obstructed, precluded, [Pañcatantra] 56, 10.

— Cf. stambh and stamba; [Latin] scabellum, scamnum; [Gothic.] ga-skapjan, ga -skafts; A. S. scapen, sceápan, sceaft; O. H. G. scafan, scafôn, scoppôn, to stop; probably .

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

Skambh (स्कम्भ्).—skabh, skabhnāti or skabhnoti, [participle] skabhita prop, support, fix; stop, restrain, obstruct. [Causative] skabhāyati = [Simple]

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

Skambh (स्कम्भ्):—or skabh ([probably] a mere phonetic variety of √stambh q.v.; in native lists written skanbh) [class] 5. 9. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxi, 8; Pāṇini 3-1, 82]) skabhnoti, skabhnāti ([according to] to [Dhātupāṭha x, 27] also [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] skambhate ; [present participle] skabhnuvat, [Brāhmaṇa]; skabhat, [Ṛg-veda]; [perfect tense] caskambha, 2. [dual number] -skambhathuḥ, [ib.]; p. caskabhāna, [Atharva-veda]; [Aorist] askambhīt [grammar]; [future] skambhitā, skambhiṣyati, [ib.]; [infinitive mood] skambhitum, [ib.]; -skabhe, [Ṛg-veda]; [indeclinable participle] skabhitvī, [ib.])

—to prop, support, make firm, fix, establish, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :—[Causal] skambhayati ([Aorist] acaskambhat, [grammar]; See skambhita) or skabhāyati ([Pāṇini 3-1, 84], [vArttika] 1, [Patañjali]; See skabhita),

—to prop, support, fix, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā];

—to impede, check, [Ṛg-veda x, 76, 4.]

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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)

Starts with: Skambha, Skambhadeshna, Skambhakrita, Skambhana, Skambhani, Skambhasarjana, Skambhayana, Skambhayanya, Skambhinya.

Ends with: Abhiskambh, Askambh, Pratiskambh, Upaskambh, Vishkambh.

Full-text: Upaskambh, Vishkambh, Skumbh, Skabhay, Abhiskambh, Nishkambha, Vishkambhin, Askambh, Pratiskambh, Vishkambha, Chambheti, Khambheti, Skambhana, Chambati, Shna, Skabh, Stabh, Stambh.

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