Vishkambhayati, Viṣkambhayati: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Viṣkambhayati can be transliterated into English as Viskambhayati or Vishkambhayati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Viṣkambhayati (विष्कम्भयति) or Viṣkambhate.—(= Pali vikkhambheti; in Sanskrit essentially Vedic, replaced in Cl. by vi-ṣṭambh-; and only partly in these mgs.), (1) primarily, makes fast, fixes firmly: kim ity aham ato siṃhaviṣkambhitena (see this) viṣkambhayeyam (text viklambh-both times for viṣkambh-; or possibly for MIndic vikkhambh-?) Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 110.19, shall I then make (sc. creatures) firm with lion's firmness ?; used of holding the mouth open, as with a gag (compare prec.), tato sānaṃ (sc. of the damned in hell) naraka-pālāḥ ayo- viṣkambhanebhi mukhaṃ viṣkambhayitvā Mahāvastu i.8.(2—)3; (tatas te, sc. yama-puruṣāḥ, taptāyoguḍā) mukhe (sc. of the damned) viṣkambhante (prop, fix), dahyante, teṣām oṣṭham (so read for text īṣṭam, compare Divyāvadāna 375.13) api dantāni viśīryante Kāraṇḍavvūha 37.6; (ayomayena viṣkambhanena) mukha- dvāraṃ viṣkambhya Divyāvadāna 375.(10—)11, 18 (also of the damned); (2) blocks, suppresses, especially the hindrances (nīvaraṇāni; so also in Pali): (pañca nīvaraṇāni) viṣkam- bhitāni Mahāvastu i.148.1; (3) lit. blocks, stops, and so completely fills or covers (so Sanskrit viṣṭambhita, [Boehtlingk and Roth] s.v. stabh with vi, caus., 2 b): Māyā ca devī…vividhābharaṇa-viṣkambhita- bhujā Lalitavistara 41.8 (prose; only v.l. viṣkabhita), her arms completely covered with various ornaments; Tibetan śin tu rgyan te, being well ornamented; Foucaux couvert, on Sanskrit and Tibetan

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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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