stava स्तव m. or n. a partic. substance, [Divyāv.] , stavaka &c. See p. 1259, col. 1. stáva m. (for 1. See p. 1258, col. 3) praise, eulogy, song of praise, hymn, panegyric, [RV.]; &c. stavat स्तवत् stavát mfn. (only in nom. sg. stavā́n; always applied to Indra and accord. to [Sāy.]; [RV. vi, 24, 8] = stūyamāna, ‘being praised’; accord. to others = stavas = tavas, fr. √ stu for √ 1. tu, and meaning ‘strong, powerful’; others give it the sense ‘thundering’, fr. √ stan), [RV.] stavát (nom. sg. stavā́n). See p. 1258, col. 3. stavatha स्तवथ stavátha m. praise, [RV.] stavaka स्तवक m. praise, eulogium, [L.] a panegyrist, praiser, [W.] stavana स्तवन n. praising, praise, [Lāṭy.]; [BhP.] pl. songs of praise, [BhP.] stavadhyai स्तवध्यै stavádhyai See above under root. stavanya स्तवन्य stavanyà mfn. id., [Suparṇ.] stavamālā स्तवमाला stava—mālā f. N. of wk. stavamāna स्तवमान See root. stavanīya स्तवनीय mfn. to be praised, praiseworthy, [Vop.] stavarāja स्तवराज stava—rāja m. ‘chief of hymns’, a partic. mystical prayer or incantation (also as N. of wk.) stavaraka स्तवरक m. a fence, railing (perh. w.r. for āvaraka, or stambha-kara), [L.] stavakarṇin स्तवकर्णिन् stava—karṇin m. N. of Deva-trāta, [ib.] stavadaṇḍaka स्तवदण्डक stava—daṇḍaka m. n. N. of wk. stavakarṇikā स्तवकर्णिका stava—karṇikā f. a lac-earring (?), [ib.] stavacintāmaṇi स्तवचिन्तामणि stava—cintāmaṇi m. N. of wk.