The Sanskrit term Viṣṭambh can be transliterated into English as Vistambh or Vishtambh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viṣṭambh (विष्टम्भ्).—5, 9 P.

1) To stop, obstruct; आहोस्वित् प्रसवो ममापचरितैर्विष्टम्भितो वीरुधाम् (āhosvit prasavo mamāpacaritairviṣṭambhito vīrudhām) Ś.5.9.

2) To fix, plant, rest on; अत्युच्छ्रिते मन्त्रिणि पार्थिवे च विष्टभ्य पादावुपतिष्ठते श्रीः (atyucchrite mantriṇi pārthive ca viṣṭabhya pādāvupatiṣṭhate śrīḥ) Mu. 4.13.

3) To strengthen, to support; विष्टब्धं विद्रुमस्तम्भै- र्वैदूर्यफलकोत्तमैः (viṣṭabdhaṃ vidrumastambhai- rvaidūryaphalakottamaiḥ) Bhāgavata 1.69.9.

4) To pervade, permeate; विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् (viṣṭabhyāhamidaṃ kṛtsnamekāṃśena sthito jagat) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.42.

5) To ascertain, settle; पार्श्वतः करणं प्राज्ञो विष्टम्भित्वा प्रकारयेत् (pārśvataḥ karaṇaṃ prājño viṣṭambhitvā prakārayet) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.142.9. -Caus.

1) To obstruct.

2) To paralyse, benumb.

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

Vistambh (विस्तम्भ्).—(ṣṭa) fix, establish, raise (lit. & [figuratively]), make firm, stiff, or immovable, stop, obstruct; lean upon ([accusative]). [Causative] stop, hold back.

Vistambh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and stambh (स्तम्भ्).

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

Viṣṭambh (विष्टम्भ्):—[=vi-ṣṭambh] (√stambh) [Parasmaipada] -ṣṭabhnoti, or nāti ([imperfect tense] vy-aṣṭabhnot or nāt [perfect tense] vitaṣṭambha, [Pāṇini 8-3, 63 etc.]; [indeclinable participle] -ṣṭabhya or -ṣṭambhitvā),

—to fix asunder, hold or keep apart, prop, fix, fasten, support, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa];

—to strengthen, encourage, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to settle, ascertain, [Mahābhārata xii, 5429];

—to make stiff or rigid, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa];

—to stop, check, restrain, suppress, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to press close against (the mouth), [Yājñavalkya];

—to plant (the feet) firmly, [Hitopadeśa];

—to lean on or against ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to stiffen id est. fill through and through, pervade, permeate, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to stuff (intr.), swell, remain undigested (in the stomach), [Suśruta] :

—[Causal] -ṣṭham-bhayati, te ([Aorist] vy-atastambhat, [Pāṇini 8-3, 116]), to cause to stop, check, arrest, obstruct, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to cause or produce (illness) by obstruction, [Catalogue(s)];

—to paralyse, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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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Partial matches: Stambh, Vi.

Starts with: Vishtambha, Vishtambhadhovayu, Vishtambhajit, Vishtambhakara, Vishtambhana, Vishtambhayishu, Vishtambhin, Vishtambhisu, Vishtambhita.

Full-text (+4): Vishtambhin, Vishtambha, Vishtabhita, Vishtape, Vishtabdhagatra, Vishtabdhajirna, Vishtabdhaksha, Vishtambhakara, Vishtapaharin, Vishtabdhi, Vishtabdhacarana, Vishtabdhata, Vishtabha, Vishtapatraya, Vishtambhita, Vishtambhana, Vishtap, Vishtambhayishu, Samstambhayishu, Vishtapa.

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