स्तम्भ [ stambha ] [ stambha ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) a post , pillar , column , stem (as of a tree ; also improperly applied to an arm) Lit. Kāṭh. Lit. GṛŚrS. Lit. MBh.

  support , propping , strengthening Lit. Bhartṛ.

  inflation , pretentiousness , arrogance Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  fixedness , stiffness , rigidity , torpor , paralysis , stupefaction Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  becoming hard or solid Lit. Rājat.

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

  filling up , stuffing Lit. R.

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

  of a Ṛishi Lit. VP. ( cf. g. [ kuñjādi ] and [ śaunakādi ] ) .