śáṃstṛ m. one who recites, a reciter, [RV.]; [AitBr.] (a priest identified with the Praśāstṛ and mentioned along with five others in [RV. i, 162, 5]; his sacrificial duties correspond with those of the Maitrā-varuṇa of the later ritual)
a praiser, encomiast, panegyrist, [W.]