अनुष्टुभ्anuṣṭubh

अनुष्टुभ् (anuṣṭubh) is a Sanskrit word meaning to praise after or follow in praising, following in praise or invocation, a class of meters consisting of four times eight syllables, the number eight, speech, Sarasvati, stubh. Its 22 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them A Poetic Metre, Act of Praising (Verbal) or Adjective 'Praising', Speech, Praise, or Goddess Sarasvatī (Nominal).

Root: स्तुभ् (stubh)
Etymology: E. अनु, and ष्टुभ् to stop, क्विप् aff
Definitions: 22

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Meanings by context

A Poetic Metre

11 definitions

a kind of metre consisting of four quarter-verses of eight syllables each

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a class of meters consisting of four times eight syllables

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A class of metres consisting of four quarters of eight syllables each. 2. A general name for any metre with eight syllables in each foot.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shouting after. 2. A song of praise. 3. A poetic metre of four times eight syllables.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A verse meter consisting of thirty-two syllables. 2. A name of Sarasvati.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Heroic verse

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A poetic metre consisting of four quarters of eight syllables each. 2. Speech. 3. A name of Sarasvati.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A verse meter consisting of thirty-two syllables. 2. A name of Saraswati.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shouting after. 2. A shout or praise. 3. A specific poetic meter.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Speech in general. 2. A name of Sarasvati. 3. A class of Vedic and classical meters consisting of thirty-two syllables.

अनुष्टुभ् (anuṣṭubh) [Printed book page 106-a]
अनुष्टुभ् (anuṣṭubh) Tatpur. f. (-ष्टुप् (-ṣṭup)) ¹ Speech, in general. ² A name of
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Sarasvatī. ³ The name of a class of metres which consists

of 32 syllables and, in the Vedas, is regulated by the number

of syllables only, in classical poetry by number and quantity.

In the Vedas the 32 syllables are distributed either in Te-

trastichs of 8 syllables in each line, or in Triplets of either

12 + 8 + 12 or 12 + 12 + 8 or 8 + 12 + 12 syllables. For the

varieties of the Anuṣṭubh in the classical poetry see चित्र- (citra-)

पदा, विद्युन्माला, माणवक (padā, vidyunmālā, māṇavaka) or माणवकाक्रीडा, हंसरुत, प्रमा- (māṇavakākrīḍā, haṃsaruta, pramā-)

णिका (ṇikā) or नगस्वरूपिणी (nagasvarūpiṇī) or मतल्लिका, समानिका (matallikā, samānikā) or मल्लिका, (mallikā,)

वितान, तुङ्गा, कमल, हंसपदी, मातङ्गी, रम्भा (vitāna, tuṅgā, kamala, haṃsapadī, mātaṅgī, rambhā) and the metre

which is most in use but the quantity of which is not so in-

variable as that of the named varieties viz. the श्लोक (śloka). In a

vaidik hymn the Anuṣṭubh is represented as one of the

primitive creations, that originated together with the moon;

according to some Purāṇas it was created from the northern

mouth of the four-headed Brahman (m.) together with the

Atharvaveda, a portion of the Sāmaveda and some hymns

as well as the Āptoryāma portion of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacri-

fice; accord. to another Purāṇa from the tendons of Brahman.

(The Kāsikā considers the vaidik अनुष्ट्या (anuṣṭyā) equivalent to the

classical instrum. अनुष्टुभा; (anuṣṭubhā;) but अनुष्ट्या (anuṣṭyā) is probably an er-

roneous reading for अनुष्ट्या (anuṣṭyā) q. v.) E. स्तुभ् (stubh) with अनु, (anu,) kṛt

aff. क्विप्, (kvip,) so called according to the Nirukta ‘because it

follows in praise (अनुष्टोभति (anuṣṭobhati)) with its fourth Pāda the Gā-

yatrī metre which consists only of three Pādas or stanzas’.

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— Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Following in praise or invocation, or speech. 2. Sarasvati. 3. A poetic metre consisting of four quarters of eight syllables each.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Act of Praising (Verbal) or Adjective 'Praising'

4 definitions

to praise after or follow in praising

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

praising

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

To praise after or follow in praising.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

to praise after or follow in praising

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Speech, Praise, or Goddess Sarasvatī (Nominal)

4 definitions

following in praise or invocation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

speech, Sarasvati

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Following in praise. 2. Speech.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sarasvati

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An Epithet of Viṣṇu

1 definition

Vishnu

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Cross-Reference

1 definition

see 2. stubh

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Number Eight

1 definition

the number eight

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.