stu

[apte] 2 U. (stauti-stavīti, stute-stuvīte; tuṣṭāva-tuṣṭuve, astāvīt-astoṣṭa, stoṣyati-te, stotuṃ, stuta; desid. tuṣṭūṣati-te; the s of stu is changed to ṣ after a preposi- tion ending in i or u) 1 To praise, laud, eulogize, extol, glorify, cele- brate; Bv. 1. 41; Mu. 3. 16; Bk. 8. 92, 15. 70, 3. --2 To celebrate or praise in song, to hymn, worship by hymns.

[mw] cl.2 P. A1. (Dha1tup. xxiv, 34; cf. Pa1n2. 7-3, 95) st/auti or stavīti, stute or stuvīte (in RV. also st/avate, 3. sg. stave [ with pass. sense ], 1. 3. sg. stuṣ/e Impv. stoṣi, p. [ mostly with pass. sense ] stuvān/a, st/avāna or stavān/a, st/avamāna; in BhP.... m. (for 1., see p. 1258, col. 3) praise, eulogy, song of praise, hymn, panegyric RV.; &c &c 159529 1259,1 254633 m. N. of wk. 159530 1259,1 254634 mn. N. of...

[mw] (prob. invented to serve as a root for the words below), to be clotted or conglomerated; to trickle. 159627 1259,3 254767 (= st/ukā) in pṛthu-ṣṭu q.v. 159628 1259,3 254768 m. (= next) in keśa-st q.v. 159629 1259,3 254769 f. a knot or tuft of hair or wool, thick curl of hair (esp. between the horns of a bull) RV.; AV.; S3Br. 1259,3 254770