stambha m. (ifc. f. ā) a post, pillar, column, stem (as of a tree

• also improperly applied to an arm) Kāṭh. GṛŚrS. MBh. &c

• support, propping, strengthening Bhartṛ

• inflation, pretentiousness, arrogance MBh. R. &c

• fixedness, stiffness, rigidity, torpor, paralysis, stupefaction MBh. Kāv. &c

• becoming hard or solid Rājat

• stoppage, obstruction, suppression (also the magical arresting of any feeling or force, as of hunger, thirst, or of the forces of water, fire &c. as taught in the Tantras) Kāv. Suśr. Pañcar

• filling up, stuffing R

• N. of a partic. Adhyāya Pat. on Pāṇ. 5-2, 60 Vārtt. 1

• of a Ṛishi &c. VP. (cf. g. kuñjâdi and śaunakâdi)