vizkamBate
viṣkambhate, °bhayati (= Pali vikkhambheti; in Skt. essentially Vedic , replaced in Cl. by vi-ṣṭambh-; and only partly in these mgs. ), ( 1 ) primarily, makes fast, fixes firmly : kim ity aham ato siṃhaviṣkambhitena (see this) viṣkambhayeyam (text viklambh-both times for viṣkambh-; or possibly for MIndic vikkhambh-?) ŚsP 110.19 , shall I then make ( sc. creatures) firm with lionʼs firmness? ; used of holding the mouth open, as with a gag ( cf. prec. ), tato sānaṃ ( sc. of the damned in hell) naraka-pālāḥ ayoviṣkambhanebhi mukhaṃ viṣkambhayitvā Mv i.8.(2—)3 ; (tatas te, sc. yama-puruṣāḥ, taptāyoguḍā) mukhe ( sc. of the damned) viṣkambhante ( prop, fix ), dahyante, teṣām oṣṭham (so read for text īṣṭam, cf. Divy 375.13 ) api dantāni viśīryante Kv 37.6 ; (ayomayena viṣkambhanena) mukhadvāraṃ viṣkambhya Divy 375.(10—)11, 18 (also of the damned); ( 2 ) blocks, suppresses , esp. the hindrances ( nīvaraṇāni ; so also in Pali ): (pañca nīvaraṇāni) viṣkambhitāni Mv i.148.1 ; ( 3 ) lit. blocks, stops , and so completely fills or covers (so Skt. viṣṭambhita, BR s.v. stabh with vi, caus. , 2 b): Māyā ca devī … vividhābharaṇa-viṣkambhitabhujā LV 41.8 (prose; only v.l. viṣkabhita), her arms completely covered with various ornaments ; Tib. śin tu rgyan te , being well ornamented ; Foucaux couvert , on Skt. and Tib.