Changes

}}

}}

The word stambhana literally means stiffening, making rigid or immovable. It also represents stopping, arresting, checking, restraining etc.  In Ayurveda stambhana denotes a symptom and as a treatment method also. This article deals with stambhana as a treatment.  

The word stambhana literally means stiffening, making rigid or immovable. It also represents stopping, arresting, checking, restraining etc.<ref>Monier-Williams, Monier-Williams Sanskrit- English Dictionary, 1st edition; Oxford University Press, Stambhana, Page 1258.</ref> In Ayurveda stambhana denotes a symptom and as a treatment method also. This article deals with stambhana as a treatment.  

==Etymology and derivation==

==Etymology and derivation==