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: स्त॒भ्नाति॑ (stabhnā́ti)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	स्त॒भ्नाति॑ stabhnā́ti	स्त॒भ्नी॒तः stabhnītáḥ	स्त॒भ्नन्ति॑ stabhnánti	- -	- -	- -
Second	स्त॒भ्नासि॑ stabhnā́si	स्त॒भ्नी॒थः stabhnītháḥ	स्त॒भ्नी॒थ stabhnīthá	- -	- -	- -
First	स्त॒भ्नामि॑ stabhnā́mi	स्त॒भ्नी॒वः stabhnīváḥ	स्त॒भ्नी॒मः / स्त॒भ्नी॒मसि॑¹ stabhnīmáḥ / stabhnīmási¹	- -	- -	- -
Imperative
Third	स्त॒भ्नातु॑ stabhnā́tu	स्त॒भ्नी॒ताम् stabhnītā́m	स्त॒भ्नन्तु॑ stabhnántu	- -	- -	- -
Second	स्त॒भा॒न stabhāná	स्त॒भ्नी॒तम् stabhnītám	स्त॒भ्नी॒त stabhnītá	- -	- -	- -
First	स्त॒भ्नानि॑ stabhnā́ni	स्त॒भ्नाव॑ stabhnā́va	स्त॒भ्नाम॑ stabhnā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Optative/Potential
Third	स्त॒भ्नी॒यात् stabhnīyā́t	स्त॒भ्नी॒याता॑म् stabhnīyā́tām	स्त॒भ्नी॒युः stabhnīyúḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	स्त॒भ्नी॒याः stabhnīyā́ḥ	स्त॒भ्नी॒यात॑म् stabhnīyā́tam	स्त॒भ्नी॒यात॑ stabhnīyā́ta	- -	- -	- -
First	स्त॒भ्नी॒याम् stabhnīyā́m	स्त॒भ्नी॒याव॑ stabhnīyā́va	स्त॒भ्नी॒याम॑ stabhnīyā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Subjunctive
Third	स्त॒भ्नात् / स्त॒भ्नाति॑ stabhnā́t / stabhnā́ti	स्त॒भ्नातः॑ stabhnā́taḥ	स्त॒भ्नान् stabhnā́n	- -	- -	- -
Second	स्त॒भ्नाः / स्त॒भ्नासि॑ stabhnā́ḥ / stabhnā́si	स्त॒भ्नाथः॑ stabhnā́thaḥ	स्त॒भ्नाथ॑ stabhnā́tha	- -	- -	- -
First	स्त॒भ्नानि॑ / स्त॒भ्ना stabhnā́ni / stabhnā́	स्त॒भ्नाव॑ stabhnā́va	स्त॒भ्नाम॑ stabhnā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	स्त॒भ्नत् stabhnát			- -
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अस्त॑भ्नात् (ástabhnāt)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अस्त॑भ्नात् ástabhnāt	अस्त॑भ्नीताम् ástabhnītām	अस्त॑भ्नन् ástabhnan	- -	- -	- -
Second	अस्त॑भ्नाः ástabhnāḥ	अस्त॑भ्नीतम् ástabhnītam	अस्त॑भ्नीत ástabhnīta	- -	- -	- -
First	अस्त॑भ्नाम् ástabhnām	अस्त॑भ्नीव ástabhnīva	अस्त॑भ्नीम ástabhnīma	- -	- -	- -

References

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