stuti

[apte] f. [stu-ktin] 1 Praise, eulo- gy, commendation, laudation, stuti- bhyo vyatiricyaṃte dūrāṇi caritāni te R. 10. 30. --2 A hymn of praise, pane- gyric; R. 4. 6. --3 Adulation; flattery, empty or false praise; bhūtā- rthavyāhṛtiḥ sā hi na stutiḥ paramoṣṭhinaḥ R. 10. 33. --4 N. of Durgā. --Comp. --gītaṃ a panegyric, hymn. --padaṃ an object of praise. --pāṭhakaḥ a panegyrist, an encomiast, a minstrel, bard, herald....