1. stu cl. 2. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 34 ; cf. Pāṇ. vii, 3, 95 ) stO/ti or stavIti , stute or stuvIte (in RV. also sta/vate , 3. sg. stave [with pass. sense], 1. 3. sg. stuze/ , Impv. stozi , p. [mostly with pass. sense] stuvAna/ , sta/vAna or stavAna/ , sta/vamAna ; in BhP. stunvanti , in Up. p. stunvAna ; pf. tuzwAva , tuzwuvu/s , tuzwuve/ , RV. &c. &c.; aor. astAvIt or astOzIt , Br. &c.; stozat , stozARi , RV. ; a/stozwa , ib. &c.; Prec. stUyAt Gr. ; fut. stavitA or stotA , Vop. ; fut. stavizya/ti , °te , RV. ; stozyati , °te , Br. &c.; Cond. astozyat , Bhaṭṭ. ; inf. stotum , ib. &c.; stavitum , Vop. ; sto/tave , stava/DyE , RV. ; ind.p. stutvA/ , AV. &c.; -stu/tya , Br. &c.; -stUya , MBh. &c.), to praise, laud, eulogize, extol, celebrate in song or hymns (in ritual, ‘to chant’, with loc. of the text from which the Sāman comes), RV. &c. &c.: Pass. stUya/te ( aor. astAvi ), to be praised or celebrated; stUyamAna , mfn. being praised, ib. : Caus. stAvayati or stavayati ( aor. atuzwavat , RV. ; °wuvat , JaimBr. ), to praise, celebrate; ( stAvayate ), to cause to praise or celebrate, BhP. : Desid. tuzwUzati , °te ( p.p. tuzwUzita ), to wish to celebrate, Śaṃk. : Intens. tozwUyate , tozwoti Gr.
3. stu ( prob. invented to serve as a root for the words below), to be clotted or conglomerated; to trickle.
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stu 2 U. ( stOti-stavIti, stute-stuvIte ; tuzwAva-tuzwuve, astAvIt-astozwa, stozyati-te , stotuM, stuta ; desid. tuzwUzati-te ; the s of stu is changed to z after a preposition ending in i or u ) 1 To praise, laud, eulogize, extol, glorify, celebrate; Bv. 1. 41 ; Mu. 3. 16 ; Bk. 8. 92 , 15. 70 , 3. 2 To celebrate or praise in song, to hymn, worship by hymns.