स्तोम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From स्तु (stu) + -म (-ma).

Pronunciation

Noun

स्तोम • (stóma) stem, m

  1. praise, eulogy
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 05.085.02:
      stómāsas tvā vicāriṇi práti ṣṭobhanty aktúbhiḥ
      prá yā́ vā́jaṃ ná héṣantam perúm ásyasy arjuni
      To thee, O wanderer at will, ring out the lauds with beams of day,
      Who drivest, like a neighing steed, the swelling cloud, O bright of hue.
  2. a fundamental form of chant in Vedic ritual consisting of 7 parts
  3. mass, quantity, multitude

Declension

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899), स्तोम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1259.
  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), स्तोम”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), स्तोम”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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