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विष्कंभ (viSkaMbha)

 
L R Vaidya
English
vizkaMBa {% m. %} 1. Obstacle, impediment
2. the supporting pillar of a house
3. the bolt of a door
4. a post
5. a tree
6. an interlude between the acts of a drama performed by one or more inferior actors who explain to the audience what is supposed to have happened between the acts or what is likely to happen afterwards, (वृत्तवर्तिष्यमाणानां कथांशानां निदर्षकः संक्षिप्तार्थस्तु विष्कंभ आदावंकस्य दर्शितः मध्येन मध्यमाभ्यां वा पात्राभ्यां संप्रजितः शुद्धः स्यात् सा तु संकीर्णो नीचमध्यमकल्पितः)
7. the diameter of a circle
8. a particular posture practised by Yogins.