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Results for अनुष्टुभ्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनुष्टुभ्anuṣṭubh1 P. (˚स्तुभ्) To praise after, follow in praising.

    1 Parasmaipada (denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्तुभ्) To praise after, follow in praising.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • अनुष्टुभ् anuṣṭubh, Feminine

      1. अनु निरन्तरम् स्तुभ्यतेऽनया अनुष्टुप् वाक्
      2. Following in praise; speech.
      3. Sarasvatī.
      4. Name of a class of metres consisting of four Pādas of 8 syllables each, the whole stanza consisting of 32 syllables (so called because it follows with its praise id est, that is अनुष्टोभति the Gāyatrī, which has 3 Pādas), अनुष्टोभनादनुष्टुप्. In later metrical systems it stands as a general name for all metres which have 8 syllables in each foot (the highest possible number being computed to be 256); पञ्चमं लघु सर्वत्र सप्तमं द्विचतुर्थयोः । गुरु षष्ठं च पादानां शेषेष्वनियमो मतः ॥ which rule is sometimes violated. अनुष्टुभा सोम उक्थै- र्महस्वान् Rv.1.13.4.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अनुष्टुभ्anuṣṭubh[anu-shtúbh] a. shouting after; f. song of praise; a metre (4 X 8 syllables).

    [anu-shtúbh] adjective shouting after; feminine; also equal for song of praise; a metre (4 X 8 syllables).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनुष्टुभ्anuṣṭubhsee 2. स्त्/उभ् (p. 1259)
    1. see 2. स्त्/उभ् (page and participle 1259)
    2. (√स्तुभ्) to praise after, to follow in praising Nir.
    3. feminine प् (nominative case that the rest of a word is to be suppliedष्ट्/उक् TS.) following in praise or invocation
    4. feminine a kind of metre consisting of four Pa1das पाद s or quarter-verses of eight syllables each (according to the DaivBr., quoted in Nir. vii, 12, so called because it अनुष्टोभति id est follows with its praise the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री, which consists of three Pa1das पाद s) fg-veda x, 130, 4, etc.
    5. feminine (in later metrical systems, the Anusht2ubh अनुष्टुभ् constitutes a whole class of metres, consisting of four times eight syllables)
    6. feminine hence the number eight
    7. feminine speech, Sarasvati1 सरस्वती Lexicographers
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective praising fg-veda x, 124, 9.
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