Stu, Shtu: 9 definitions
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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarStu (स्तु).—A term used for the sibilant स् (s) and dental class consonants for the substitution of the sibilant श् (ś) and palatal consonants in respective order; cf. स्तो� श्चुना श्चु� (sto� ścunā ścu�) P. VIII. 4.40.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryStu (स्तु).�2 U. (stauti-ٲīپ, stute-ٳܱīٱ; ٳṣṭ屹-ٳṣṭܱ, 屹īٲٴṣṭ, ٴṣyپ-te, stotum, stuta; desid. ٳṣṭūṣaپ-ٱ; the s of stu is changed to � after a preposition ending in i or u)
1) To praise, laud, eulogize, extol, glorify, celebrate; कि� निन्दाम्यथवा स्तवाम� कथ� क्षीरार्णव त्वामहम् (ki� nindāmyathavā stavāmi kathaya kṣīrārṇava tvāmaham) Bv. 1.41; Mu.3.16; Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.92;15.7.
2) To celebrate or praise in song, to hymn, worship by hymns.
3) To praise in ऋक� (ṛk) verses set to music; इह एत� स्तौतिशंसतिशब्दौ समानेऽपि स्तुत्यर्थत्वे व्यवस्थितविषयौ � प्रगीतेषु मन्त्रवाक्येषु स्तौति- शब्द� अप्रगीतेषु शंसतिशब्दः (iha etau stautiśaṃsatiśabdau samāne'pi stutyarthatve vyavasthitaviṣayau | pragīteṣu mantravākyeṣu stauti- śabda� apragīteṣu śaṃsatiśabda�) ŚB. on MS.7.2.17.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢṭu (ष्टु).—[(ña)ṣṭuñ] r. 2nd cl. (stauti or stute ٲīپ or ٲīٱ) 1. To praise, to eulogise. 2. To extol, to celebrate. 3. To hymn, to worship with praises. With sam, 1. To praise. 2. To be familiar with; also stu .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryStu (स्तु).—ii. 2, [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.] 1. To praise, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 65, 53; ved. [Ātmanepada.] To be praised,
� With the prep. abhi abhi, ṣṭu, To praise, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 172, 14.
� With samabhi sam-abhi, To praise, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 14, 26.
� With pra pra, 1. To praise, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 76, 13. 2. To begin, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 162, 10; [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 13, 21. 3. To say, to report, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 100, 16. prastuta, 1. Praised. 2. Declared, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 16, 15; vowed, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 120, 21. 3. Approached. 4. Desired, expected. 5. Prepared, ready, being at hand, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 87, 21. 6. Done. 7. Made of. Comp. A-, adj. 1. extraneous. 2. unsuitable, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 36, 23; cf. i. [distich] 193. Yathā-prastuta + m, adv. conformably to the circumstances, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 146, 3. [Causal.] To cause to begin, Mahābhārata 1, 6. 屹ٲ, Caused to be told, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 47, 1.
� With vi vi, ṣṭu, To praise, Mahābhārata 1, 7056.
� With sam sam, To praise, [Իǰ岵Բ] 2, 9. ṃsٲԲ, Eloquent. ṃsٳܳٲ, 1. Praised, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 9. 2. Known, Utt. Rāmac, 76, 2. Comp. A-, 1. disagreeing, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 33. 2. unfit, [ʲñٲԳٰ] i. [distich] 41 (but cf. v. r., Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 404).
� With abhisam abhi-sam, To praise, Mahābhārata 3, 12709.
� With parisam pari-sam, To praise, Mahābhārata 1, 2122.
� Cf. perhaps Æol. (questionable, on account of Zend. śٲ, the muzzle).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryStu (स्तु).�stauti stute stavate (ٲīپ, stuvate, stuvati), [participle] stuta (q.v.) praise, extol, celebrate, sing, chant. [Causative] stavayati praise, 屹ⲹٱ cause to praise. [Desiderative] ٳṣṭūṣaپ wish to praise.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Stu (स्तु):�1. stu [class] 2. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxiv, 34]; cf. [Pāṇini 7-3, 95]) stauti or ٲīپ, stute or ٳܱīٱ (in, [Ṛg-veda] also stavate, 3. sg. stave [with pass. sense], 1. 3. sg. ٳṣe [imperative] ٴṣi, p. [mostly with pass. sense] ٳܱԲ, ٲԲ or ٲԲ, ٲԲ; in [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] stunvanti, in [Upaniṣad] p. ٳܲԱԲ; [perfect tense] ٳṣṭ屹, ٳṣṭܱܲ, ٳṣṭܱ, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.; [Aorist] 屹ī or ٲṣīt, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; ٴṣa, ٴṣāṇ, [Ṛg-veda]; ٴṣṭ, [ib.] etc.; Prec. ū [grammar]; [future] ٲ or ٴdz, [Vopadeva]; [future] ٲṣyپ, te, [Ṛg-veda]; ٴṣyپ, te, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; [Conditional] ٴṣy, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]; [infinitive mood] stotum, [ib.] etc.; stavitum, [Vopadeva]; stotave, stavadhyai, [Ṛg-veda]; [indeclinable participle] ٳܳٱ, [Atharva-veda] etc.; -stutya, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; -ūⲹ, [Mahābhārata] etc.),
—to praise, laud, eulogize, extol, celebrate in song or hymns (in ritual, ‘to chant�, with [locative case] of the text from which the Sāman comes), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Passive voice] ūⲹٱ ([Aorist] 屹), to be praised or celebrated;—stAyamAna mfn. being praised, [ib.] :—[Causal] stAvayati ([Aorist] ٳṣṭ, [Ṛg-veda]; ṭu, [Jaiminīya-brāhmaṇa]),
—to praise, celebrate;
� (屹ⲹٱ), to cause to praise or celebrate, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :—[Desiderative] ٳṣṭūṣaپ, te ([past participle] ٳṣṭūṣiٲ), to wish to celebrate, [Śaṃkarācārya] :—[Intensive] ٴṣṭūⲹٱ, ٴṣṭdzپ [grammar]
2) 2. stu See -ṣṭ p. 1238, col. 1.
3) 3. stu ([probably] invented to serve as a root for the words below), to be clotted or conglomerated;
—to trickle.
4) 4. stu (= ٳܰ) in ṛt-ṣṭ q.v.
5) Stū (स्तू):—See ⲹٲand ٲ-ū.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢṭu (ष्टु):—[(la ña) stauti stute; ٲīپ-te] 2. c. To praise, to hymn.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Stu (स्तु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Thava, ճṇa.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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