anuśwuB | अनुश्wउB | anuzwuB
1. anu-śwuB | अनु-श्wउB | (√ stuB | स्तुB |) to praise after, to follow in praising, Nir.
2. anu-śwu/B | अनु-श्wउ/B | f. p (nom. ˚śwu/k | ˚श्wउ/क् |, TS.) following in praise or invocation
a kind of metre consisting of four Pādas or quarter-verses of eight syllables each (according to the DaivBr., quoted in Nir. vii, 12, so called because it anuśwoBati | अनुश्wओBअति | i.e. follows with its praise the Gāyatrī, which consists of three Pādas), RV. x, 130, 4, &c.
(in later metrical systems, the Anuṣṭubh constitutes a whole class of metres, consisting of four times eight syllables)
hence the number eight
speech, Sarasvatī, L.
anu-śwu/B | अनु-श्wउ/B | mfn. praising, RV. x, 124, 9.
see 2. stu/B | स्तु/B | (p. 1259)
2. anu-śwu/B | अनु-श्wउ/B | f. p (nom. ˚śwu/k | ˚श्wउ/क् |, TS.) following in praise or invocation
a kind of metre consisting of four Pādas or quarter-verses of eight syllables each (according to the DaivBr., quoted in Nir. vii, 12, so called because it anuśwoBati | अनुश्wओBअति | i.e. follows with its praise the Gāyatrī, which consists of three Pādas), RV. x, 130, 4, &c.
(in later metrical systems, the Anuṣṭubh constitutes a whole class of metres, consisting of four times eight syllables)
hence the number eight
speech, Sarasvatī, L.
anu-śwu/B | अनु-श्wउ/B | mfn. praising, RV. x, 124, 9.
see 2. stu/B | स्तु/B | (p. 1259)