विष्कम्भते (viSkambhate)

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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 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.

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