विष्कम्भण (viSkambhaNa)

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   विष्कम्भण  viSkambhaNa  n.
   act of obstructing or impeding  
   विष्कम्भण  viSkambhaNa  n.
   means of tearing open     
            

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 वि-°ष्कम्भण n.
  the act of obstructing or impeding &c.
  ,  L.
 

 a means of tearing open,  Divyāv.
 

Monier Williams 1872

English

 वि-ष्कम्भण,  अम्,  n. the act of obstructing, 
impeding,  &c.

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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 viṣkambhaṇa,  also written °na,  and °na-tā,  nt. (to next
 = Pali vikkhambhana,  of the nīvaraṇa), 
(1) something that holds fast,  immobilizes,  esp. a gag or prop holding the mouth open and immovable: Mv 〔i.8.2〕
 Divy 〔375.10〕 (see viṣkambhate 1)
 (vadana-)viṣkambhaṇakāṣṭham Jm 〔237.2〕,  the stick of wood which held (open) the (lionʼs) mouth
(2) blocking,  suppression,  of nīvaraṇa and other evils: °nam Mvy 〔2551〕 = Tib. rnam par (= vi) gnon pa (suppression) or sel ba (removal,  blotting out)
 nīvaraṇānāṃ viṣkambhana-tā Śikṣ 〔191.7〕
 paryutthāna-vi° Śikṣ 〔50.8〕
 Samādh 〔p. 5 line 1〕 (see paryutthāna).

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 विष्कम्भण n. 1. *Versperrung,  Hindernis,  Mahāvy. 130. — 2. ein Mittel zum Aufsperren,  Jātakam. 34
 Divyāvad. 375,  10. 18.

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