saMstamB
saM-√ stamB P. -staBnoti , or °nAti , to make firm, Kauś. ; to support, sustain, encourage, MBh. ; R. &c.; to make rigid (said of water), MBh. ; to restrain, check, stop ( esp. by magical means), Kathās. ; to suppress (tears or sorrow), R. ; BhP. ; Ā. (only Impv. stamBasva ) to be firm, take heart or courage, Nir. ix, 12 (in R. [B.] iv, 1, 115 -stamBa id. ; cf. -staBya ) : Caus. -stamBayati , to confirm, strengthen ( AtmAnam AtmanA , ‘one's self by one's self’), encourage, MBh. ; R. &c.; to take heart or courage, R. ; to make rigid or solid (water), MBh. ; Rājat. ; to check, stop, arrest, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to paralyze, Nalac. ; to suppress, restrain (grief or tears), R. ; Kālid. &c. : Desid. of Caus. See saM-stamBayizu .