staMBaH [ staMB-ac ] 1 Fixedness, stiffness, rigidity, motionlessness; raMBA staMBaM Bajati Vikr. 18. 29 ; Ki. 12. 28 ; gAtrastaMBaH stanamukulayorutprabaMDaH prakaMpaH Māl. 2. 5 ; tatsaMkalpopahitajAqima staMBamaByoti gAtraM 1. 35 , 4. 2. 2 Insensibility, stupefaction, stupor, numbness, paralysis. 3 Stoppage, obstruction, hindrance; so' paSyatpraRiDAnena saMtateH staMBakAraRaM R. 1. 74 ; vAkstaMBaM nAwayati Māl. 8. 4 Restraint, curbing, suppressing; kftaScittastaMBaH pratihataDiyAmajaMlirapi Bh. 3. 6. 5 Prop, support, fulcrum. 6 A pillar, column, post. 7 A stem, trunk (of a tree). 8 Stupidity. 9 Absence of feeling or excitability. 10 The suppression of any force or feeling by supernatural or magical means. Comp. — utkIrRa a. carved out of a post of wood (as a statue). — kara a. 1 paralysing, benumbing. 2 obstructing. — (raH) a fence. — kAraRaM cause of obstruction or impediment. — pUjA worship of the posts of temporary pavilions erected for marriages or other occasions of solemnity.