स्तभ्नाति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

স্তভ্নাতি (Assamese script)
ᬲ᭄ᬢᬪ᭄ᬦᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
স্তভ্নাতি (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰥𑰿𑰡𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀪𑁆𑀦𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
သ္တဘ္နာတိ (Burmese script)
સ્તભ્નાતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸ੍ਤਭ੍ਨਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌭𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦱ꧀ꦠꦨ꧀ꦤꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂦𑂹𑂢𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಸ್ತಭ್ನಾತಿ (Kannada script)
ស្តភ្នាតិ (Khmer script)
ສ຺ຕຠ຺ນາຕິ (Lao script)
സ്തഭ്നാതി (Malayalam script)
ᠰᢠᠠᢨᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘥𑘿𑘡𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠰᢐᠠᠪᠾᠨᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧅𑧠𑧁𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐨𑑂𑐣𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ସ୍ତଭ୍ନାତି (Odia script)
ꢱ꣄ꢡꢩ꣄ꢥꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆨𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖥𑖿𑖡𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ස‍්තභ‍්නාති (Sinhalese script)
𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩳 𑪙𑩯𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚡𑚶𑚝𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஸ்தப்⁴நாதி (Tamil script)
స్తభ్నాతి (Telugu script)
สฺตภฺนาติ (Thai script)
སྟ་བྷྣཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒦𑓂𑒢𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨡𑩇𑨝𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *stabʰnā́ti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stabʰnā́ti, from Proto-Indo-European *stobʰ-néH-ti.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /stɐbʱ.nɑ́ː.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɐbʱ.n̪ɑː.t̪i/

Verb

स्तभ्नाति • (stabhnāti) third-singular indicative (class 9, type P, root स्तभ्)

to fix firmly, support, sustain, prop (especially the heavens)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
- c. 900 BCE – 700 BCE, Brāhmaṇas
to support or hold up by contact with, reach up to [with accusative]
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa
to stop, stop up, arrest, make stiff or immovable, paralyze
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda

Conjugation

Present: स्तभ्नाति (stabhnā́ti)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	स्तभ्नाति stabhnā́ti	स्तभ्नीतः stabhnītáḥ	स्तभ्नन्ति stabhnánti	- -	- -	- -
Second	स्तभ्नासि stabhnā́si	स्तभ्नीथः stabhnītháḥ	स्तभ्नीथ stabhnīthá	- -	- -	- -
First	स्तभ्नामि stabhnā́mi	स्तभ्नीवः stabhnīváḥ	स्तभ्नीमः / स्तभ्नीमसि¹ stabhnīmáḥ / stabhnīmási¹	- -	- -	- -
Imperative
Third	स्तभ्नातु stabhnā́tu	स्तभ्नीताम् stabhnītā́m	स्तभ्नन्तु stabhnántu	- -	- -	- -
Second	स्तभान stabhāná	स्तभ्नीतम् stabhnītám	स्तभ्नीत stabhnītá	- -	- -	- -
First	स्तभ्नानि stabhnā́ni	स्तभ्नाव stabhnā́va	स्तभ्नाम stabhnā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Optative/Potential
Third	स्तभ्नीयात् stabhnīyā́t	स्तभ्नीयाताम् stabhnīyā́tām	स्तभ्नीयुः stabhnīyúḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	स्तभ्नीयाः stabhnīyā́ḥ	स्तभ्नीयातम् stabhnīyā́tam	स्तभ्नीयात stabhnīyā́ta	- -	- -	- -
First	स्तभ्नीयाम् stabhnīyā́m	स्तभ्नीयाव stabhnīyā́va	स्तभ्नीयाम stabhnīyā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Subjunctive
Third	स्तभ्नात् / स्तभ्नाति stabhnā́t / stabhnā́ti	स्तभ्नातः stabhnā́taḥ	स्तभ्नान् stabhnā́n	- -	- -	- -
Second	स्तभ्नाः / स्तभ्नासि stabhnā́ḥ / stabhnā́si	स्तभ्नाथः stabhnā́thaḥ	स्तभ्नाथ stabhnā́tha	- -	- -	- -
First	स्तभ्नानि / स्तभ्ना stabhnā́ni / stabhnā́	स्तभ्नाव stabhnā́va	स्तभ्नाम stabhnā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	स्तभ्नत् stabhnát			- -
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अस्तभ्नात् (ástabhnāt)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अस्तभ्नात् ástabhnāt	अस्तभ्नीताम् ástabhnītām	अस्तभ्नन् ástabhnan	- -	- -	- -
Second	अस्तभ्नाः ástabhnāḥ	अस्तभ्नीतम् ástabhnītam	अस्तभ्नीत ástabhnīta	- -	- -	- -
First	अस्तभ्नाम् ástabhnām	अस्तभ्नीव ástabhnīva	अस्तभ्नीम ástabhnīma	- -	- -	- -

References

Monier Williams (1899) “स्तभ्नाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1258.