(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.]