stambha

Etymology
Loan of Sanskrit, from the root or , which is connected to the root  seen in.

Noun

 * 1)  A pillar or column.
 * 2) * 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"

Usage notes
Mostly as a proper noun (as part of the name of a specific pillar, or of the mythological concept), capitalized as, very rarely used as a common noun in specialist Indological literature of the type of pillars found in Indian temple architecture.