prastu
pra-√ stu P. -stOti (in RV. also Ā. -stavate , with act. and pass. sense, and 1. sg. -stuze ), to praise before (anything else) or aloud, RV. &c. &c.; to sing, chant (in general, esp. said of the Prastotṛ ), 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. -stAvayati , to introduce as a topic, suggest, MBh. ; Mālatīm.