staMB 1 A. , 5 9 P. ( staMBate , staBnoti, staBnAti, stAMBita or stabDaH ; the s of the root being changed to z after prepositions ending in i or u and also after ava ) 1 To stop, hinder, arrest, suppress; kaMWaH staMBitabAzpavfttikaluzaH Ś. 4. 5. 2 To make firm or stiff, to make immovable. 3 To stupefy, paralyze, benumb; prARA daDvaMsire gAtraM tastaMBe ca hate priye Bk. 14. 55. 4 To prop, support, ( pb ) uphold, sustain. 5 To become stiff, rigid or immovable. 6 To be proud or elated, be stiff-necked. (The following verse illustrates the root in its different conjugations: - staMBate puruzaH prAyo yOvanena Danane ca . na staBnAti kzitISo'pi na staBnoti yuvApyasO .. ). — Caus. ( staMBayati-te ). 1 To stop, arrest. 2 To make firm or rigid. 3 To paralyze. 4 To prop, support.