stambha
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Loan of Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha), from the root स्तम्भ् (stambh) or स्तभ् (stabh), which is connected to the root स्कम्भ् (skambh) seen in स्कम्भ (skambha).
Noun
[edit]stambha (plural stambhas)
- (Indology) A pillar or column.
- J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leew, "Two Notes on Mathura Sculpture", in: Jean Ph. Vogel (ed.), India antiqua (1947), p. 235.
- "the relief on the stambha shows us that the large bowls were placed on pediments"
- J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leew, "Two Notes on Mathura Sculpture", in: Jean Ph. Vogel (ed.), India antiqua (1947), p. 235.
Usage notes
[edit]Mostly as a proper noun (as part of the name of a specific pillar, or of the mythological concept), capitalized as Stambha, very rarely used as a common noun in specialist Indological literature of the type of pillars found in Indian temple architecture.