स्तभ्नाति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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): /s̪t̪ɐbʱˈn̪ɑː.t̪i/

Verb

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

1. to fix firmly, support, sustain, prop (especially the heavens)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
   • c. 900 BCE – 700 BCE, Brāhmaṇas
2. to support or hold up by contact with, reach up to [with accusative]
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa
3. to stop, stop up, arrest, make stiff or immovable, paralyze
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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.