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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अवष्टभ्यavaṣṭabhya[ava-shtabh-ya] fp. to be stopped; -shtambha, m. recourse to, employment; re soluteness; courage: -na, n. id.…
[ava-shtabh-ya] future participle passive to be stopped; -shtambha, masculine recourse to, employment; re soluteness; courage: -na, neuter the same, -maya, adjective indicative of courage.
In the Gita9·8 16·9

प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः ।

prakṛtiṁ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ, — Leaning – pressing down upon my own Nature (Prakriti) I create (loose forth into various being) all this multitude of existences, all helplessly… 9·8
- अवष्टभ्यavaṣṭabhyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root stabh (to fix firmly, support, sustain) with the prefix ava.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अवष्टभ्यavaṣṭabhyaind. p. see अव-ष्टम्भ् .
1. indeclinable page and participle see अव-ष्टम्भ् .
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be seized or stopped Katha1s.
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