stamba

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] m. (prob. phonetic variation of stambha) a clump or tuft of grass, any clump or bunch or cluster AV. &c 1257,3 254432 m. a sheaf of corn L. a bush, thicket L. Page1258,1 254433 m. a shrub or plant having no decided stem (such as the Jhin2t2i1 jhiṇṭī or Barleria) L. 1258,1 254434 m. the post to which an elephant is tied (wrongly inferred from stambe-rama q.v.) L. 1258,1 254435

Root

Appears in 42 texts

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m. (prob. phonetic variation of stambha) a clump or tuft of grass, any clump or bunch or cluster AV. &c 1257,3 254432 m. a sheaf of corn L. a bush, thicket L. Page1258,1 254433 m....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

86

Texts Appeared In

37

DCS: name of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 11 12.8%
2. Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 6 7.0%
3. Kauśikasūtra 4 4.7%
4. Aṣṭādhyāyī 3 3.5%
5. Aṣṭāvakragīta 3 3.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: stambasya

  antaḥ kaliṃ yadukulasya vidhāya veṇustambasya vahnim iva śāntim upaimi dhāma

• Skandapurāṇa surface: stambe

  gartāyāṃ vīraṇastambe lambamānāṃs tadā munīn

• Skandapurāṇa surface: stambe

  ke yūyaṃ vīraṇastambe lambamānā hy adhomukhāḥ