stambhana mf(ī)n. stiffening, making rigid or immovable, paralyzing Kāv. HPariś

• stopping, arresting, checking, restraining MBh. R

• styptic, astringent Suśr

• m. 'paralyzer', N. of one of the five arrows of Kāma-deva Cat

• (ī), f. a kind of magic Divyâv

• n. the act of turning into a pillar ( See rambhā-st○)

• strengthening, supporting Kāv. Pañcar

• becoming stiff or rigid Suśr

• making stiff or rigid, paralysing Vās. Bālar

• a means of making stiff or rigid Hcat

• stopping, arresting (also by magical means) MBh. VP

• stopping flow of blood &c

• a styptic or astringent Car

• a partic. magical art or faculty ( See under stambha and cf. jala-stambhana)