वि-ष्टम्भ् (
√ स्तम्भ्)
P. -ष्टभ्नोति, or
°नाति (
impf. व्य्-अष्टभ्नोत् or
°नात्pf. वितष्टम्भ,
[Pāṇ. 8-3, 63 &c.] ;
ind.p. -ष्टभ्य or
-ष्टम्भित्वा),
to fix asunder, hold or keep apart, prop, fix, fasten, support,
[RV.] ;
[AV.] ;
[Br.] ;
to strengthen, encourage,
[MBh.] ;
[BhP.] ;
to settle, ascertain,
[MBh. xii, 5429] ;
to make stiff or rigid,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] ;
[MārkP.] ;
to stop, check, restrain, suppress,
[BhP.] ;
to press close against (the mouth),
[Yājñ.] ;
to plant (the feet) firmly,
[Hit.] ;
to lean on or against (
acc. ),
[MBh.] ;
[R.] ;
[Bhaṭṭ.] ;
to stiffen
i.e. fill through and through, pervade, permeate,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] ;
to stuff (intr.), swell, remain undigested (in the stomach),
[Suśr.] :
Caus. -ष्ठम्-भयति,
°ते (
aor. व्य्-अतस्तम्भत्,
[Pāṇ. 8-3, 116] ), to cause to stop, check, arrest, obstruct,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] &c.;
to cause or produce (illness) by obstruction,
[Cat.] ;
to paralyse,
[MW.]