viśkamBa | विश्कम्Bअ | vizkamBa

vi-śkamBa | वि-श्कम्Bअ | m. a prop, support, Lāṭy.; Suśr.
the bolt or bar of a door, Ragh., Sch.
the supporting beam or pillar of a house, W.
a post (round which the string of a churning-stick is wound), L.
width, extension, MBh.; VarBṛS.; MārkP.
the diameter of a circle, Āryabh.
a mountain-range (= -parvata | -पर्वत |), MārkP.
an obstacle, impediment, L.
the first of the twenty-seven astronomical periods called Yogas or the leading star of the first lunar mansion, Col.
(in dram.) an interlude or introductory scene (coming between the acts [aṇkayor maḍya-vartī | अण्कयोर् मड्य-वर्ती |] and performed by an inferior actor or actors [nīca-pātra-prayojitaḥ | नीच-पात्र-प्रयोजितः |], who explains to the audience the progress of the plot, and inform them of what is supposed to have happened in the intervals of the acts, cf. praveṣaka | प्रवेषक |), Bhar.; Daśar. &c.
a partic. Yoga-posture, L.
a tree, L.
action, doing anything, W.
= pratibimba | प्रतिबिम्ब |, L.
N. of a divine being reckoned among the Viśve Devāḥ, Hariv. (v.l. viskumBu | विस्कुम्Bउ |, nikumba | निकुम्ब |, and viśwara | विश्wअर |)

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