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Stambhana
स्तम्भन
/stahm-BHAH-nah/Ritualakash tier practice
Stunning / paralysis — the ṣaṭ-karma practice of arresting the motion, speech, or intent of a hostile force. Stambhana is the inner technology of stilling the hostile inner critic, of freezing a destructive pattern before it can execute. In the KALKI system, it is the technology behind Bagalāmukhī's archetype.
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Stambhana is one coordinate in the Lexicon — the KALKI reference system mapping tantrik psychology term by term. Each definition is cross-linked to the practices and patterns it describes.