प्र-√ स्तु P. -स्तौति (in,
[RV.] also
Ā. -स्तवते, with act. and
pass. sense, and 1.
sg. -स्तुषे), to praise before (anything else) or aloud,
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to sing, chant (in general,
esp. said of the
प्रस्तोतृ),
[Br.] ;
[Lāṭy.] ;
[ChUp.] ;
to come to speak of introduce as a topic,
[Prab.] ;
[Hit.] ;
[BhP.] ;
to undertake, commence, begin,
[Mālav.] ;
[Dhūrtas.] ;
[Bhaṭṭ.] ;
to place at the head or at the beginning,
[Sarvad.] :
Caus. -स्तावयति, to introduce as a topic, suggest,
[MBh.] ;
[Mālatīm.]