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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upastu (उपस्तु).—2 U.

1) To praise, extol; उप त्वा नमस्म वयं होतर्वैश्वानर स्तुमः (upa tvā namasma vayaṃ hotarvaiśvānara stumaḥ) Av.3.15.7.

2) To invoke.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upastu (उपस्तु).—& pari (ṣṭauti) = [Simple] pra praise; put forward, commence, begin; also = prastāvayati mention.

Upastu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and stu (स्तु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upastu (उपस्तु):—[=upa-√stu] [Parasmaipada] -stauti, to invoke, celebrate in song, praise, [Ṛg-veda] : [Atharva-veda iii, 15, 7; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa iii];—([especially] said of the Hotṛ), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Passive voice] -stūyate, to be praised or celebrated in song, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 13, 45; Sāyaṇa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Upastu (उपस्तु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvatthu.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Partial matches: Stu, Upa.

Starts with: Upashtut, Upastuta, Upastuti, Upastutya.

Full-text: Upashtut, Upastava, Upastuti, Upastutya, Uvatthu, Upastuta.

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