anuzwuB 1 P. ( °stuB ) To praise after, follow in praising.
anuzwuB f. [ anu niraMtaraM stuByate'nayA anuzwup vAk ] 1 Following in praise; speech. 2 Sarasvatī. 3 N. 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 i. e. anuzwoBati the gāyatrī, which has 3 Pādas), anuzwoBanAdanuzwup . 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); paMcamaM laGu sarvatra saptamaM dvicaturTayoH . guru zazWaM ca pAdAnAM Sezezvaniyamo mataH .. which rule is sometimes violated.