vizkaMBaH 1 Obstacle, hindrance, impediment. 2 The bolt or bar of a door. 3 The supporting beam of a house. 4 A post, pillar. 5 A tree. 6 (In dramas) An interlude between the acts of a drama and performed by one or more characters, middling or inferior, who connect the story of the drama and the subdivisions of the plot by briefly explaining to the audience what has occurred in the intervals of the acts or what is likely to happen later on:- S. D. thus defines it: - vfttavartizyamARAnAM kaTAMSAnAM nidarSakaH . saMkziptArTastu vizkaMBa AdAvaMkasya darSitaH . maDyena maDyamAByAM vA pAtrAByAM saMprayojitaH . SudDaH syAt sa tu saMkIrRo nIcamaDyamakalpitaH 308. 7 The diameter of a circle. 8 A particular posture practised by Yogins. 9 Extension, length. 10 The first of the twenty-seven astronomical periods ( yoga ).