अनुष्टुभ्

Sanskrit

Etymology

Traditionally explained as अनु- (anu-, “after”) +‎ स्तुभ् (stubh, “to praise; to utter a joyful sound”, root), literally “following in praise”, referring to the way it follows the three-pāda (8-syllable unit) गायत्री (gāyatrī) with its four pādas.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nuʂ.ʈúbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈn̪uʂ.ʈubʱ/

Noun

अनुष्टुभ् • (anuṣṭúbh) stem, f

1. (prosody) the Anuṣṭubh (a category of poetic measures characterised by 32-syllable verses)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.130.4

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of अनुष्टुभ् (anuṣṭúbh)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अनुष्टुप् / अनुष्टुक् anuṣṭúp / anuṣṭúk	अनुष्टुभौ / अनुष्टुभा¹ anuṣṭúbhau / anuṣṭúbhā¹	अनुष्टुभः anuṣṭúbhaḥ
Vocative	अनुष्टुप् ánuṣṭup	अनुष्टुभौ / अनुष्टुभा¹ ánuṣṭubhau / ánuṣṭubhā¹	अनुष्टुभः ánuṣṭubhaḥ
Accusative	अनुष्टुभम् anuṣṭúbham	अनुष्टुभौ / अनुष्टुभा¹ anuṣṭúbhau / anuṣṭúbhā¹	अनुष्टुभः anuṣṭúbhaḥ
Instrumental	अनुष्टुभा anuṣṭúbhā	अनुष्टुब्भ्याम् / अनुष्टुग्भ्याम् anuṣṭúbbhyām / anuṣṭúgbhyām	अनुष्टुब्भिः anuṣṭúbbhiḥ
Dative	अनुष्टुभे anuṣṭúbhe	अनुष्टुब्भ्याम् / अनुष्टुग्भ्याम् anuṣṭúbbhyām / anuṣṭúgbhyām	अनुष्टुब्भ्यः anuṣṭúbbhyaḥ
Ablative	अनुष्टुभः anuṣṭúbhaḥ	अनुष्टुब्भ्याम् / अनुष्टुग्भ्याम् anuṣṭúbbhyām / anuṣṭúgbhyām	अनुष्टुब्भ्यः anuṣṭúbbhyaḥ
Genitive	अनुष्टुभः anuṣṭúbhaḥ	अनुष्टुभोः anuṣṭúbhoḥ	अनुष्टुभाम् anuṣṭúbhām
Locative	अनुष्टुभि anuṣṭúbhi	अनुष्टुभोः anuṣṭúbhoḥ	अनुष्टुप्सु anuṣṭúpsu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अनुष्टुभ्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• “अनुष्टु॑भ्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 22, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899) “Anu-shṭúbh”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 40/1.