विष्टम्भ् [ viṣṭambh ] [ vi-ṣṭambh ] ( Preverb. [ √ stambh ] ) P. [ -ṣṭabhnoti ] , or [ °nāti ] (impf. [ vy-aṣṭabhnot ] or [ °nāt ] pf. [ vitaṣṭambha ] Lit. Pāṇ. 8-3 , 63 ; ind.p. [ -ṣṭabhya ] or [ -ṣṭambhitvā ] ) , to fix asunder , hold or keep apart , prop , fix , fasten , support Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. Br. ; to strengthen , encourage Lit. MBh. Lit. BhP. ; to settle , ascertain Lit. MBh. xii , 5429 ; to make stiff or rigid Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. MārkP. ; to stop , check , restrain , suppress Lit. BhP. ; to press close against (the mouth) Lit. Yājñ. ; to plant (the feet) firmly Lit. Hit. ; to lean on or against (acc.) Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; to stiffen i.e. fill through and through , pervade , permeate Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ; to stuff (intr.) , swell , remain undigested (in the stomach) Lit. Suśr. : Caus. [ -ṣṭham-bhayati ] , [ °te ] (aor. [ vy-atastambhat ] Lit. Pāṇ. 8-3 , 116) , to cause to stop , check , arrest , obstruct Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ; to cause or produce (illness) by obstruction Lit. Cat. ; to paralyse Lit. MW.