viṣkambhate, °bhayati (14279)

viṣkambhate, °bhayati
Entry 14279, Page 502, Col. 2

(vizkamBate, vizkamBate, °Bayati)
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 lion's firmness ?; used of holding the mouth open, as with a gag (cf. prec.), tato sānaṃ (sc. of the damned in hell) naraka-pālāḥ ayo- viṣkambhanebhi 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) mukha- dvāraṃ viṣkambhya Divy 375.(10--)11, 18 (also of the damned); (2) blocks, suppresses, esp. the hindrances (nīvaraṇāni; so also in Pali): (pañca nīvaraṇāni) viṣkam- bhitāni 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-viṣkambhita- bhujā 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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