Stava, Stāva: 17 definitions

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Stava means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Alternative spellings of this word include Stav.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Stava (स्तव):—(von 1. stu) m. [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 27. 57.] gaṇa uñchādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 160] (oxyt.) Lob, Verherrlichung, Loblied [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 12.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 117.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 269.] [Halāyudha 1, 145.] [Ṛgveda 9, 55, 2.] [Harivaṃśa 4937.] rudrasya [10691. 10697.] ārṣa [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 102, 34.] balaṃ stavaḥ stāvakānām [Spr. (II) 4391.] paraguṇasya [?7332 (Conj.).] cakruḥ stavam [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 18, 24.] kimāśrayo me stava eṣa yojyatām [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 15, 22. 7, 1, 22.] (bharatam) tuṣṭuvuḥ stavaiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 81, 1.] vedoktaiḥ svakṛtaiścaiva stavaiḥ [Harivaṃśa 7417.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13498.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 84, 29.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 363.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 13, 1.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 176.] devatā [Mahābhārata 13, 7662.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 10, 14.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 7, 11. 16] in der Unterschr. [Oxforder Handschriften 85,a,41.] para [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 26, 25 (28 Gorresio).] ātma [3, 35, 22.] svaguṇa [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 22.] mithyā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 153.] neutr. : stavamidam (wohl nur fehlerhaft für imam) [Harivaṃśa 10260. 10280.] — Vgl. brahmatarka, saṃketa, sarasvatī .

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Stāva (स्ताव):—

1) adj. (von 3. stu) in ghṛtastāva (so die Hdschrr.) von Schmalz triefend [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12, 2, 17.] —

2) m. = stava Lob, Verherrlichung Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 12,] [Śloka 47.] —

3) f. stāvā (von 1. stu nach [Mahīdhara]) Name einer angeblichen Apsaras [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 18, 42] (zwischen ūrj und iṣṭi). — Vgl. viṣṭāva .

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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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