prastu | प्रस्तु | prastu
pra-√ stu | प्र-√ स्तु | P. -stOti | -स्त्Oति | (in RV. also Ā. -stavate | -स्तवते |, with act. and pass. sense, and 1. sg. -stuśe | -स्तुशे |), to praise before (anything else) or aloud, RV. &c. &c.; to sing, chant (in general, esp. said of the Prastotṛ), Br.; Lāṭy.; ChUp.; to come to speak of, introduce as a topic, Prab.; Hit.; BhP.; to undertake, commence, begin, Mālav.; Dhūrtas.; Bhaṭṭ.; to place at the head or at the beginning, Sarvad. : Caus. -stāvayati | -स्तावयति |, to introduce as a topic, suggest, MBh.; Mālatīm.