<p style="text-align:justify;">The word ‘stambhana’ literally means to stop or to stiffen, making it rigid or immovable. It denotes the actions of blocking, arresting, checking, restraining etc.<ref>Monier-Williams, Monier-Williams Sanskrit- English Dictionary, 1st edition; Oxford University Press, Stambhana, Page 1258.</ref> It is one of six important therapies. [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 22/04] This therapy is indicated to stop excess discharges of body fluids. </p>
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The word ‘stambhana’ literally means to stop or to stiffen, making it rigid or immovable. It denotes the actions of blocking, arresting, checking, restraining etc.<ref>Monier-Williams, Monier-Williams Sanskrit- English Dictionary, 1st edition; Oxford University Press, Stambhana, Page 1258.</ref> It is one of six important therapies. [Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 22/04] This therapy is indicated to stop excess discharges of body fluids.