cl. 2. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 34]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 95]) staúti or stavīti, stute or stuvīte (in [RV.] also stávate, 3. sg. stave [with pass. sense], 1. 3. sg. stuṣé Impv. stoṣi, p. [mostly with pass. sense] stuvāná, stávāna or stavāná, stávamāna; in [BhP.] stunvanti, in [Up.] p. stunvāna; pf. tuṣṭāva, tuṣṭuvús, tuṣṭuvé, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. astāvīt or astauṣīt, [Br.] &c.; stoṣat, stoṣāṇi, [RV.]; ástoṣṭa, [ib.] &c.; Prec. stūyāt Gr.; fut. stavitā or stotā, [Vop.]; fut. staviṣyáti, °te, [RV.]; stoṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; Cond. astoṣyat, [Bhaṭṭ.]; inf. stotum, [ib.] &c.; stavitum, [Vop.]; stótave, stavádhyai, [RV.]; ind.p. stutvā́, [AV.] &c.; -stútya, [Br.] &c.; -stūya, [MBh.] &c.), to praise, laud, eulogize, extol, celebrate in song or hymns (in ritual, ‘to chant’, with loc. of the text from which the Sāman comes), [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. stūyáte (aor. astāvi), to be praised or celebrated; stūyamāna, mfn. being praised, [ib.] : Caus. stāvayati or stavayati (aor. atuṣṭavat, [RV.]; °ṭuvat, [JaimBr.]), to praise, celebrate; (stāvayate), to cause to praise or celebrate, [BhP.] : Desid. tuṣṭūṣati, °te (p.p. tuṣṭūṣita), to wish to celebrate, [Śaṃk.] : Intens. toṣṭūyate, toṣṭoti Gr.
. See su-ṣṭú p. 1238, col. 1.
(prob. invented to serve as a root for the words below), to be clotted or conglomerated; to trickle.
(connected with √ stu and stumbh) cl. 1. P. ([Naigh. iii, 14]) stóbhati (only in pres. base; 3. sg. stobdhi, [JaimBr.]; p. Ā. -stubhāna, [RV.]; Gr. also pf. tuṣṭubhe; fut. stobhitā &c.), to utter a joyful sound, hum, make a succession of exclamations, shout (esp. applied to the chanted interjections in a Sāman), [RV.]; [Br.]; [Lāṭy.]; cl. 1. Ā. stobhate, to pause, stop, cause to stop, paralyze &c. (stambhe), [Dhātup. x, 34] : Caus. stobhayati (aor. atuṣṭubhat), to praise in successive exclamations, celebrate, [RV.]
[cf. Eng. stop.]
stúbh mfn. (ifc.) uttering joyful sounds, praising (cf. anu-, tri-ṣṭubh, vṛṣa-stubh &c.; accord. to some in the first two comp. means ‘stopping, pausing’, the metre requiring regular stoppages or pauses; but see, anu-ṣṭubh)
stúbh f. joyful exclamation or cry, praise, [RV.]
(cf. √ stambh and stubh; in native lists written stunbh) cl. 5. 9. P. stubhnoti, stubhnā́ti, to stop, stupefy; expel ([Dhātup. xxxi, 7]; [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 82]).