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

Masculine a-stem declension of स्तोम (stóma)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative स्तोमः
stómaḥ
स्तोमौ / स्तोमा¹
stómau / stómā¹
स्तोमाः / स्तोमासः¹
stómāḥ / stómāsaḥ¹
Vocative स्तोम
stóma
स्तोमौ / स्तोमा¹
stómau / stómā¹
स्तोमाः / स्तोमासः¹
stómāḥ / stómāsaḥ¹
Accusative स्तोमम्
stómam
स्तोमौ / स्तोमा¹
stómau / stómā¹
स्तोमान्
stómān
Instrumental स्तोमेन
stómena
स्तोमाभ्याम्
stómābhyām
स्तोमैः / स्तोमेभिः¹
stómaiḥ / stómebhiḥ¹
Dative स्तोमाय
stómāya
स्तोमाभ्याम्
stómābhyām
स्तोमेभ्यः
stómebhyaḥ
Ablative स्तोमात्
stómāt
स्तोमाभ्याम्
stómābhyām
स्तोमेभ्यः
stómebhyaḥ
Genitive स्तोमस्य
stómasya
स्तोमयोः
stómayoḥ
स्तोमानाम्
stómānām
Locative स्तोमे
stóme
स्तोमयोः
stómayoḥ
स्तोमेषु
stómeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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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